vapor pressure

English

Noun

vapor pressure (countable and uncountable, plural vapor pressures)

1. (physics) The pressure that a vapor exerts, or the partial pressure if it is mixed with other gases.

Alternative forms

• vapour pressure (mostly British)

Related terms

• saturation vapor pressure
• water vapor pressure

Translations

pressure that a vapor exerts

• Afrikaans: dampdruk (af)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蒸氣壓／蒸气压 (zhēngqìyā)

• Estonian: auru rõhk
• Finnish: höyrynpaine
• French: pression de la vapeur f
• German: Dampfdruck m
• Icelandic: gufuþrýstingur m
• Japanese: 蒸気圧 (じょうきあつ, jōkiatsu)
• Polish: ciśnienie pary n
• Spanish: presión de vapor f
• Swedish: ångtryck n
• Tagalog: singawing diin
• Turkish: buhar basıncı (tr)