EVAPORATION

dehydration, desiccation, drying up, evaporation

(noun) the process of extracting moisture

vaporization, vaporisation, vapor, vapour, evaporation

(noun) the process of becoming a vapor

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

evaporation (countable and uncountable, plural evaporations)

The process of a liquid converting to the gaseous state.

The process in which all or a portion of liquid (in a container) is turned into vapour, in order to increase the concentration of solid matter in the mixture.

(archaic) That which is evaporated; vapor.

Source: Wiktionary

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E*vap`o*ra"tion, n. Etym: [L. evaporatio: cf. F. évaporation.]

1. The process by which any substance is converted from a liquid state into, and carried off in, vapor; as, the evaporation of water, of ether, of camphor.

2. The transformation of a portion of a fluid into vapor, in order to obtain the fixed matter contained in it in a state of greater consistence.

3. That which is evaporated; vapor.

4. (Steam Engine)

Definition: See Vaporization.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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