adj
Meaning 1
Producing vapour
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
Examples
- vaporific effect
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
vaporific
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/ˌveɪ.pəˈɹɪf.ɪk/
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rhymes with -ɪfɪk
adj
Meaning 2
Of pertaining to vapor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- vaporific phenomena
- vaporific fluid
- Heat is a vaporific agent.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
resembling or characteristic of vapor
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- vaporous clouds
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: vapourific, vaporish, vapourish, vaporous, vapourous
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
(used of substances) capable of being volatilized
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: evaporable, vapourific, vaporizable, vapourisable, volatilizable, volatilisable
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From vapor + -ific.