water vapor
noun
: water in a vaporous form especially when below boiling temperature and diffused (as in the atmosphere)
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More intense rainfall events from storms of all kinds are becoming more likely as warming temperatures prime the atmosphere to hold more water vapor.
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Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 23 Oct. 2025
The models suggested that the eruptions released water vapor into high altitudes, which could have frozen in the cold Martian atmosphere and later fallen as ice.
—Charles Q. Choi, Space.com, 22 Oct. 2025
These rivers of water vapor can extend thousands of miles.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
According to AirJoule Technologies, unlike traditional dehumidification systems, the technology uses advanced sorbent materials that efficiently absorb water vapor even at low humidity.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2025
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Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 23 Oct. 2025
The models suggested that the eruptions released water vapor into high altitudes, which could have frozen in the cold Martian atmosphere and later fallen as ice.
—Charles Q. Choi, Space.com, 22 Oct. 2025
These rivers of water vapor can extend thousands of miles.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
According to AirJoule Technologies, unlike traditional dehumidification systems, the technology uses advanced sorbent materials that efficiently absorb water vapor even at low humidity.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2025
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“Water vapor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/water%20vapor. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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