Definitions for evaporation

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. vaporization, vaporisation, vapor, vapour, evaporation(noun)

    the process of becoming a vapor

  2. dehydration, desiccation, drying up, evaporation(noun)

    the process of extracting moisture

Wiktionary

  1. evaporation(Noun)

    The process of a liquid converting to the gaseous state.

  2. evaporation(Noun)

    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.

  3. evaporation(Noun)

    That which is evaporated; vapour.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Evaporation(noun)

    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. Evaporation(noun)

    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. Evaporation(noun)

    that which is evaporated; vapor

  4. Evaporation(noun)

    see Vaporization


Translations for evaporation

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

evaporation(noun)

having had some moisture removed by evaporation

evaporated milk.

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