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- Dictionaryvaporous/ˈveɪp(ə)rəs/
adjective
- 1. of the nature of, characterized by, or filled with vapour: "the vaporous atmosphere"
- 2. lacking in substance or clarity; vague: "the vaporous notion of free will"
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consisting of or filled with vapour (= gas or extremely small drops of liquid that result from the heating of a liquid or solid): Condensation is the passage of a substance from the vaporous to the liquid state. Every six months, the lab will be flushed with vaporous hydrogen peroxide to sterilize it.
1. : consisting or characteristic of vapor. 2. : producing vapors : volatile. 3. : containing or obscured by vapors : misty. 4. a. : ethereal, unsubstantial. b. : consisting of or indulging in vaporings. vaporously adverb. vaporousness noun. Examples of vaporous in a Sentence.
Vaporous definition: having the form or characteristics of vapor. See examples of VAPOROUS used in a sentence.
1. resembling or full of vapour. 2. another word for vaporific. 3. lacking permanence or substance; ephemeral or fanciful. 4. given to foolish imaginings. 5. dulled or obscured by an atmosphere of vapour. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Derived forms. vaporously (ˈvaporously) adverb.
Definition of vaporous adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Vaporous means foggy, or made of gas. On a misty morning, the cool, vaporous air by the sea might send you back home for a raincoat. In science, this adjective is used for gases, including the vaporous water detected in the atmosphere of a distant planet, or the invisible swirl of vaporous wax that hovers above a lit candle.
1. resembling or full of vapour. 2. (General Physics) another word for vaporific. 3. lacking permanence or substance; ephemeral or fanciful. 4. given to foolish imaginings. 5. dulled or obscured by an atmosphere of vapour. ˈvaporously adv. ˈvaporousness, vaporosity n.
