Vapor Synonyms & Definitions

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• VaporDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (v. t.) To send off in vapor, or as if in vapor; as, to vapor away a heated fluid.
2. (n.) To emit vapor or fumes.
3. (n.) To pass off in fumes, or as a moist, floating substance, whether visible or invisible, to steam; to be exhaled; to evaporate.
4. (n.) Any substance in the gaseous, or aeriform, state, the condition of which is ordinarily that of a liquid or solid.
5. (n.) In a loose and popular sense, any visible diffused substance floating in the atmosphere and impairing its transparency, as smoke, fog, etc.
6. (n.) Wind; flatulence.
7. (n.) To talk idly; to boast or vaunt; to brag.
8. (n.) A medicinal agent designed for administration in the form of inhaled vapor.
9. (n.) Something unsubstantial, fleeting, or transitory; unreal fancy; vain imagination; idle talk; boasting.
10. (n.) An old name for hypochondria, or melancholy; the blues.

• Vapor galvanizingDefinition & Meaning in English

1. () A process for coating metal (usually iron or steel) surfaces with zinc by exposing them to the vapor of zinc instead of, as in ordinary galvanizing, to molten zinc; -- called also Sherardizing. Vapor galvanizing is accomplished by heating the articles to be galvanized together with zinc dust in an air tight receptacle to a temperature of about 600í F., which is 188í below the melting point of zinc, or by exposing the articles to vapor from molten zinc in a separate receptacle, using hydrogen or other reducing gas to prevent oxidation.