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wetwille said:
Very true.
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Oh for fuck's sake, no it isnt.

Steam is water vapor, water vapor is not steam. The sole difference is temperature. Trying to distinguish between them based on visibility is just stupid.

Whether it is visible or not depends on how much of it there is, temperature/humidity difference of surrounding air, and a couple other factors.

Here is a steam whistle at Ga Tech. Can you see the steam, or is it magically invisible to you?
 
Mr. Asa said:
Oh for fuck's sake, no it isnt.

Steam is water vapor, water vapor is not steam. The sole difference is temperature. Trying to distinguish between them based on visibility is just stupid.

Whether it is visible or not depends on how much of it there is, temperature/humidity difference of surrounding air, and a couple other factors.

Here is a steam whistle at Ga Tech. Can you see the steam, or is it magically invisible to you?
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That is condensate. The scientific, not colloquial definition of steam does not include condensate. Bubbles off the bottom of a pot of water being heated are full of steam - invisible steam. *But the water isn't boiling hot. Not until they come off the surface. Again, clear until cooled.
 
wetwille said:
That is condensate. The scientific, not colloquial definition of steam does not include condensate. Bubbles off the bottom of a pot are full of steam - invisible steam.
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I think you need to refresh yourself on what colloquial is, as the formal definition of steam includes visible and invisible. https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/steam

If you want to talk about scientific definitions you need to start using terms like wet steam, dry steam, superheated steam, etc as "steam" in a scientific setting includes all of those
 
Mr. Asa said:
I think you need to refresh yourself on what colloquial is, as the formal definition of steam includes visible and invisible. https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/steam

If you want to talk about scientific definitions you need to start using terms like wet steam, dry steam, superheated steam, etc as "steam" in a scientific setting includes all of those
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Ironically, the first definition in YOUR link says . . "1.1 The invisible gaseous form of water, formed by boiling, from which this vapour condenses. "
Your link doesn't even contain the expression "wet steam" - because that is a colloquial expression.

Same dictionary.
colloquial


ADJECTIVE

  • (of language) used in ordinary or familiar conversation; not formal or literary.
 
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wetwille said:
Ironically, the first definition in YOUR link says . . "1.1 The invisible gaseous form of water, formed by boiling, from which this vapour condenses. "
Your link doesn't even contain the expression "wet steam" - because that is a colloquial expression.

Same dictionary.
colloquial


ADJECTIVE

  • (of language) used in ordinary or familiar conversation; not formal or literary.
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The first definition is #1, not #1.1
 
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