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Originally Posted by Meteora
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[nitpick]Water vapor is a transparent gas.[/nitpick] The picture shows liquid water in droplet form, commonly called "steam."
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I think this is backwards...
Steam is water in the gaseous state, and invisible.
Water vapor is clouds, fog and the main ingredient of chemtrails. |
No.
Water vapor is the gaseous state of water and is not visible. Clouds, fog, and "chemtrails" :wink: are all composed of liquid water droplets.
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Steam is also invisible
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Oops. I think I was misled by a misinterpreted dictionary.com entry. #-o |
Regarding the definition of "steam", I believe you are both right. Certainly from a technical standpoint, "steam" is a vapor and therefore invisible. But my version of Websters (2nd college edition, 1984) has the following as definition 3:
condensed water vapor, seen as the mist condensed on windows or in the air above boiling water.