vapour

vapour
vapor ['veɪpə(r)] nome vapore m.

water vapour — vapore acqueo

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['veipə]
noun
1) (the gas-like form into which a substance can be changed by heating: water vapour.) vapore
2) (mist, fumes or smoke in the air: Near the marshes the air was filled with a strange-smelling vapour.) vapore
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- vaporise
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vapour, (USA) vapor /ˈveɪpə(r)/
n. [uc]
1 (fis.) vapore: water vapours, vapori d'acqua
2 (arc.) – the vapours, la depressione; la malinconia: a fit of the vapours, un accesso di malinconia
● vapour bath, bagno di vapore □ (metall.) vapour blasting, idrofinitura □ (autom.) vapour block, blocco del motore dovuto a bolle di vapore □ vapour pressure (o vapour tension), pressione (o tensione) del vapore □ (aeron.) vapour trail, scia di condensazione.
(to) vapour, (USA) (to) vapor /ˈveɪpə(r)/
v. i.
vantarsi; millantarsi.
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vapor ['veɪpə(r)] nome vapore m.

water vapour — vapore acqueo


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