vaporescence
vaporescence noun: the production or emission of vapor.
Noun
vaporescence (usually uncountable, plural vaporescences)
- The production or emission of vapor.
- Intricate as it is, all is blended into a cloud-like harmony of shade, which becomes fainter and fainter, as it retires, with the most delicate flatness and unity of tone. And it is by this kind of vaporescence, so to speak, by this flat, misty unison of parts, that nature, and her faithful...1843, [John Ruskin], Modern Painters […], volume I, London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], →OCLC
- But such a point of view is untenable, and into the cauldron of committee discussion go the divergent opinions and varying attitudes of the members, while from its vaporescence rises the evolving judgment of the group, steeped in study and discussion.1944, Journal of American Association of University Women, vol. 38-39, p. 172 (Google snippet view)
Forms of vaporescence
| plural | vaporescences |
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Questions about vaporescence
- What does vaporescence mean?
- Vaporescence means the production or emission of vapor.
- What part of speech is vaporescence?
- Vaporescence is a noun.
- What is the plural of vaporescence?
- The plural of vaporescence is vaporescences.
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