How to Use vapor pressure in a Sentence

vapor pressure

noun
  • It’s called vapor pressure deficit.
    — Seth Borenstein, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2026
  • It's called vapor pressure deficit.
    — CBS News, 18 Apr. 2026
  • If a liquid has a vapor pressure greater than atmospheric pressure, that liquid boils.
    — Robert Rapier, Forbes, 10 Apr. 2021
  • The vapor pressure deficit, a metric that indicates how intensely a fire can burn, is also at record high levels.
    — Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2021
  • The entry borehole closes behind the descending probe as vapor pressure builds above.
    — Discover Magazine, 12 Feb. 2019
  • These blends are mandated to have lower vapor pressure to help minimize smog formation in the summer.
    — Robert Rapier, Forbes, 30 Apr. 2022
  • Winter blend gasoline has a higher Reid vapor pressure (RVP) to make the engine start easier.
    — Motormouth Bob Weber, Star Tribune, 30 Apr. 2021
  • In addition, a phenomenon called vapor pressure deficit is increasing, which means that the warming atmosphere is wicking more water out of the snow, the land, trees, rivers, and streams.
    — Jim Robbins, Wired, 25 June 2022
  • Fast-spreading wildfires become more likely as temperatures rise because a warmer atmosphere can draw more moisture from plants and soils, as measured by a metric called the vapor pressure deficit.
    — Washington Post, 18 Feb. 2022
  • Still, Poland said, doctors can't fully explain the case decline because potential factors range from travel and human behavior to viral changes and vapor pressure.
    — Christopher Snowbeck, Star Tribune, 27 Feb. 2021
  • The fire department determined that the property had high levels of volatile organic compounds, which have high vapor pressure and low water solubility, and can be found in common household products.
    — Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 25 Jan. 2023
  • Of interest in the ethanol blending discussion, gasoline must meet a specific requirement called the Reid vapor pressure (RVP).
    — Robert Rapier, Forbes, 4 July 2021
  • Rising summer and autumn temperatures, as well as increasing vapor pressure deficits and increasing precipitation whiplash in some parts of the West, have been repeatedly linked to climate change.
    — Daniel Swain, Outside Online, 11 Jan. 2022
  • McKinnon’s paper has Williams wondering now about how much the region’s current heat wave is being influenced by this heat-dryness dynamic and how many degrees the vapor pressure deficit has contributed.
    — Judy Fahys, The Arizona Republic, 3 July 2021
  • These pollutants can get into soil and water supplies, and TNT, due to its high vapor pressure, has a tendency to produce air pollutants that can harm workers melting down the material with steam.
    — Jay Bennett, Popular Mechanics, 2 July 2018
  • The material is notoriously tricky to work with due to extreme vapor pressure differences between indium and selenium and the tendency to form multiple stable phases.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 4 Aug. 2025
  • Intense, record-breaking heat waves like the ones that encompassed the West during August and early September likely caused major crisping of burnable material, as the regional vapor pressure deficit and associated drought climbed to record levels.
    — Alejandra Borunda, National Geographic, 17 Sep. 2020
  • In stable operation, online process analyzers measure salt in crude, water content, total acid number, distillation curve, vapor pressure and other key quality parameters to improve efficiency, protect equipment and reduce product giveaway.
    — Gregory Shahnovsky, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
  • To answer this question, CPC researchers examined reports from weather stations throughout the state, developing averages by year for rainfall, snowpack, temperature, relative humidity, dew point, and vapor pressure deficit.
    — Edward Ring, Oc Register, 25 Apr. 2026

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