vapor pressure
noun
: the pressure exerted by a vapor that is in equilibrium with its solid or liquid form
called also vapor tension
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The material is notoriously tricky to work with due to extreme vapor pressure differences between indium and selenium and the tendency to form multiple stable phases.
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Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 4 Aug. 2025
Researchers with the University of California, Los Angeles found in a 2021 study that the main driver of this thirst — known as the air’s vapor pressure deficit — was climate change.
—Rachel Frazin, The Hill, 11 Jan. 2025
As the temperature increases in a linear way, vapor pressure deficit—essentially, the thirstiness of the atmosphere—increases exponentially, pulling an increasing amount of water from trees, other plants, and soil.
—WIRED, 18 Nov. 2023
Scientists call this phenomenon the vapor pressure deficit.
—Jane Braxton Little, Scientific American, 23 Aug. 2023
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Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 4 Aug. 2025
Researchers with the University of California, Los Angeles found in a 2021 study that the main driver of this thirst — known as the air’s vapor pressure deficit — was climate change.
—Rachel Frazin, The Hill, 11 Jan. 2025
As the temperature increases in a linear way, vapor pressure deficit—essentially, the thirstiness of the atmosphere—increases exponentially, pulling an increasing amount of water from trees, other plants, and soil.
—WIRED, 18 Nov. 2023
Scientists call this phenomenon the vapor pressure deficit.
—Jane Braxton Little, Scientific American, 23 Aug. 2023
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“Vapor pressure.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vapor%20pressure. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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