VAPOUR PRESSURE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vapour pressure mean? 

• VAPOUR PRESSURE (noun)
  The noun VAPOUR PRESSURE has 1 sense:

1. the pressure exerted by a vapor; often understood to mean saturated vapor pressure (the vapor pressure of a vapor in contact with its liquid form)

  Familiarity information: VAPOUR PRESSURE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VAPOUR PRESSURE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The pressure exerted by a vapor; often understood to mean saturated vapor pressure (the vapor pressure of a vapor in contact with its liquid form)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

vapor pressure; vapour pressure

Hypernyms ("vapour pressure" is a kind of...):

force per unit area; pressure; pressure level (the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit))