vapour pressure

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Noun vapour pressure has 1 sense

vapor pressure, vapour pressure - 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)
--₁ is a kind of pressure, pressure level, force per unit area

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Vapour Pressure

Definition: Vapour pressure refers to the pressure exerted by a vapor that is in equilibrium with its solid or liquid phase at a particular temperature.

Examples

Noun: The vapour pressure of water increases with an increase in temperature.
Noun: The boiling point of a liquid is reached when its vapour pressure is equal to the atmospheric pressure.
Verb: Heating the substance causes it to vaporize, creating vapour pressure.
Adjective: The vapour pressure difference between the reactants and products determines the direction of a chemical reaction.

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