WATER VAPOUR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does water vapour mean? 

• WATER VAPOUR (noun)
  The noun WATER VAPOUR has 1 sense:

1. water in a vaporous form diffused in the atmosphere but below boiling temperature

  Familiarity information: WATER VAPOUR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WATER VAPOUR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Water in a vaporous form diffused in the atmosphere but below boiling temperature

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

water vapor; water vapour

Hypernyms ("water vapour" is a kind of...):

vapor; vapour (a visible suspension in the air of particles of some substance)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "water vapour"):

spray (water in small drops in the atmosphere; blown from waves or thrown up by a waterfall)

Holonyms ("water vapour" is a substance of...):

cloud (a visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude)

 Context examples 

“Since Jupiter is so cold, any water vapour in its atmosphere would be condensed, making it difficult to measure,” said Welbanks.

(Water common – yet scarce – in exoplanets, University of Cambridge)

These frequencies of light interact much more strongly with water vapour and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere which affects the climate that emerges in the model.

(Simulations show planet orbiting Proxima Centauri could have liquid water, Wikinews)

Sublimation is a process through which ice turns directly into water vapour without melting into a liquid first.

(Icy Warning for Space Missions to Jupiter's Moon, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The team reported the abundance of water vapour in 14 of the 19 planets, and the abundance of sodium and potassium in six planets each.

(Water common – yet scarce – in exoplanets, University of Cambridge)

The researchers found that while water vapour is common in the atmospheres of many exoplanets, the amounts were surprisingly lower than expected, while the amounts of other elements found in some planets were consistent with expectations.

(Water common – yet scarce – in exoplanets, University of Cambridge)

We are seeing the first signs of chemical patterns in extra-terrestrial worlds, and we’re seeing just how diverse they can be in terms of their chemical compositions, said project leader Dr Nikku Madhusudhan from the Institute of Astronomy at Cambridge, who first measured low water vapour abundances in giant exoplanets five years ago.

(Water common – yet scarce – in exoplanets, University of Cambridge)