Who Are Pure Water Freedom?

What does the relative freedom of motion of the water molecules do as water vapor condenses into liquid water?

• Answer:

  Upon the slowing-down of the molecules when going from vapor to liquid water, the overall attraction forces between these molecules bring them together at distances comparable to their sizes. The condensing molecules suffer from reduced degrees of freedom and ranges of motion, and their prior kinetic energy must be transferred to an absorbing colder entity.