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
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
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
21 April 2025
(noun) a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
