water vapor
noun
: water in a vaporous form especially when below boiling temperature and diffused (as in the atmosphere)
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In general, atmospheric rivers pick up water vapor from the warm, moist air of tropical regions and then drop the water over land in cooler regions as rain or snow.
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Christopher Cann, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2025
Safety hazards for those near the eruption include high levels of volcanic gas, primarily water vapor, carbon dioxide, and sulfur dioxide.
—Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025
The results of this recent experiment are strikingly similar (pun intended) to a 1952 experiment by University of Chicago chemists Stanley Miller and Harold Urey, who zapped a bottle of water vapor, methane, ammonia, and hydrogen gas with an electrical spark and got amino acids.
—Kiona N. Smith, Space.com, 19 Mar. 2025
What To Know In a new YouTube video published on March 15, Rober tested the capabilities of the cameras that guide Tesla's Autopilot features in a variety of ways, including concealing a pedestrian in fine water vapor mist.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
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Christopher Cann, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2025
Safety hazards for those near the eruption include high levels of volcanic gas, primarily water vapor, carbon dioxide, and sulfur dioxide.
—Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025
The results of this recent experiment are strikingly similar (pun intended) to a 1952 experiment by University of Chicago chemists Stanley Miller and Harold Urey, who zapped a bottle of water vapor, methane, ammonia, and hydrogen gas with an electrical spark and got amino acids.
—Kiona N. Smith, Space.com, 19 Mar. 2025
What To Know In a new YouTube video published on March 15, Rober tested the capabilities of the cameras that guide Tesla's Autopilot features in a variety of ways, including concealing a pedestrian in fine water vapor mist.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
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“Water vapor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/water%20vapor. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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