vapor pressure

1. 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)

   Synonymsvapour pressure

   Broaderpressure

Questions about vapor pressure

What does vapor pressure mean?

vapor pressure means "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)".

What is another word for vapor pressure?

Close synonyms include vapour pressure. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is vapor pressure a common word?

vapor pressure is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.