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Noun: vapour pressure
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: vapor pressure)
  1. The pressure exerted by a vapour; often understood to mean saturated vapour pressure (the vapour pressure of a vapour in contact with its liquid form)
    "The vapour pressure of water increases with temperature";
    - vapor pressure [US]

Derived forms: vapour pressures

Type of: force per unit area, pressure, pressure level

Encyclopedia: Vapour pressure