water vapor
noun
: water in a vaporous form especially when below boiling temperature and diffused (as in the atmosphere)
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But in some places, such as Southern California and the Costa del Sol in Spain, hot, dry winds sap from the air water vapor that would normally absorb UV radiation, causing more UV exposure.
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Sanket Jain, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2025
Atmospheric rivers can vary greatly in size and strength, but the weather service says the the average atmospheric river carries an amount of water vapor roughly equivalent to the average flow of water at the mouth of the Mississippi River.
—John Bacon, USA Today, 15 May 2025
Astronomers have been waiting for such a definitive detection of water ice elsewhere in the universe for decades, based on the previous detections of water vapor out among the stars, as well as where frozen water ice can be found in our own solar system.
—Ian Randall, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
Believe it or not, the West Coast is not the only part of the country that experiences atmospheric rivers, which are narrow plumes of water vapor that originate in more tropical regions.
—Marshall Shepherd, Forbes.com, 11 May 2025
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Sanket Jain, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2025
Atmospheric rivers can vary greatly in size and strength, but the weather service says the the average atmospheric river carries an amount of water vapor roughly equivalent to the average flow of water at the mouth of the Mississippi River.
—John Bacon, USA Today, 15 May 2025
Astronomers have been waiting for such a definitive detection of water ice elsewhere in the universe for decades, based on the previous detections of water vapor out among the stars, as well as where frozen water ice can be found in our own solar system.
—Ian Randall, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
Believe it or not, the West Coast is not the only part of the country that experiences atmospheric rivers, which are narrow plumes of water vapor that originate in more tropical regions.
—Marshall Shepherd, Forbes.com, 11 May 2025
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“Water vapor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/water%20vapor. Accessed 19 May. 2025.
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