過か飽ほう和わ蒸じょう気き

noun

supersaturated vapor

Technical term used in physics and meteorology for vapor that exceeds its equilibrium saturation point without condensing.

• 過か飽ほう和わ蒸じょう気きは、霧きり箱ばこの中なかで放ほう射しゃ線せんの飛ひ跡せきを観かん察さつするのに使つかわれる。

  Supersaturated vapor is used in cloud chambers to observe radiation tracks.