water vapor
noun
: water in a vaporous form especially when below boiling temperature and diffused (as in the atmosphere)
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Planet Earth, this early on, likely has a volatile early atmosphere, dominated by hydrogen, helium, water vapor, ammonia, and methane.
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Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 2 Oct. 2025
That electricity then drives electric motors to power propellers, with water vapor as the only emission.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2025
The exosphere is also the path by which the Earth is (very) slowly losing atomic hydrogen from water vapor lofted high into the atmosphere.
—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
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Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 2 Oct. 2025
That electricity then drives electric motors to power propellers, with water vapor as the only emission.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2025
The exosphere is also the path by which the Earth is (very) slowly losing atomic hydrogen from water vapor lofted high into the atmosphere.
—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
See All Example Sentences for water vapor
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“Water vapor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/water%20vapor. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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