water vapor
noun
: water in a vaporous form especially when below boiling temperature and diffused (as in the atmosphere)
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The exosphere is also the path by which the Earth is (very) slowly losing atomic hydrogen from water vapor lofted high into the atmosphere.
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Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 24 Sep. 2025
Pseudomonas and other microbes are released into the atmosphere from plants along with water vapor.
—Katherine Bourzac, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
From cracks near its south pole, the moon blasts towering geysers of water vapor, ice and organic molecules into space, which are tantalizing hints of a hidden ocean that could, in theory, be habitable.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 12 Sep. 2025
The dew point is the temperature at which water vapor condenses into liquid and generally runs in the low 50s for the region this time of year, according to the weather service.
—Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2025
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Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 24 Sep. 2025
Pseudomonas and other microbes are released into the atmosphere from plants along with water vapor.
—Katherine Bourzac, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
From cracks near its south pole, the moon blasts towering geysers of water vapor, ice and organic molecules into space, which are tantalizing hints of a hidden ocean that could, in theory, be habitable.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 12 Sep. 2025
The dew point is the temperature at which water vapor condenses into liquid and generally runs in the low 50s for the region this time of year, according to the weather service.
—Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2025
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“Water vapor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/water%20vapor. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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