Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
the pressure exerted by a vapor;
often understood to mean saturated vapor pressure (the vapor pressure of a vapor in contact with its liquid form);
[syn: vapor pressure, vapour pressure]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Vapor pressure \Vapor pressure\ or Vapor tension \Vapor tension\
. (Physics)
The pressure or tension of a confined body of vapor of a
chemical substance in equilibrium with the solid or liquid
form of the substance. The pressure of a given saturated
vapor is a function of the temperature only, and may be
measured by introducing a small quantity of the substance
into a barometer and noting the depression of the column of
mercury.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
vapor pressure
n 1: the pressure exerted by a vapor; often understood to mean
saturated vapor pressure (the vapor pressure of a vapor in
contact with its liquid form) [syn: vapor pressure,
vapour pressure]