vapor pressure
NounSynonyms:
vapour pressure
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Noun (1)
- the pressure exerted by a vapor; often understood to mean saturated vapor pressure (the vapor pressure of a vapor in contact with its liquid form)Synonyms: vapour pressureType of pressure, pressure level
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Vapor pressure or Vapor tension.
Physics The pressure or tension of a confined body of vapor of a chemical substance in equilibrium with the solid or liquid form of the substance. The pressure of a given saturated vapor is a function of the temperature only, and may be measured by introducing a small quantity of the substance into a barometer and noting the depression of the column of mercury.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: +PJC, 1913 supplement