water vapor
noun
: water in a vaporous form especially when below boiling temperature and diffused (as in the atmosphere)
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Despite being as simple as water vapor and dust, contrails don’t always form or linger in a plane’s wake.
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Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 12 Sep. 2024
The facility’s cooling system expels heat from the tens of thousands of computers inside by ejecting water vapor.
—Harry Booth, TIME, 5 Sep. 2024
In space, water converts from ice to water vapor at an extremely low temperature of negative 160 degrees Celsius, but powerful insulation from lunar soil could enable water ice deposits to remain in their solid form underground or in deep, shadowed craters.
—Lily Carey, Discover Magazine, 30 July 2024
Water that is transpired through foliage and evaporates from the soil surface will condense as water vapor on the inside of the bag, keeping the air humid around your plant, eliminating its need for irrigation.
—Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 18 July 2024
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Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 12 Sep. 2024
The facility’s cooling system expels heat from the tens of thousands of computers inside by ejecting water vapor.
—Harry Booth, TIME, 5 Sep. 2024
In space, water converts from ice to water vapor at an extremely low temperature of negative 160 degrees Celsius, but powerful insulation from lunar soil could enable water ice deposits to remain in their solid form underground or in deep, shadowed craters.
—Lily Carey, Discover Magazine, 30 July 2024
Water that is transpired through foliage and evaporates from the soil surface will condense as water vapor on the inside of the bag, keeping the air humid around your plant, eliminating its need for irrigation.
—Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 18 July 2024
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“Water vapor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/water%20vapor. Accessed 20 Sep. 2024.
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