evaporation

e·vap·o·rate  (-vp-rt)

v. e·vap·o·rat·ed, e·vap·o·rat·ing, e·vap·o·rates

v.tr.

1.

a. To convert or change into a vapor.

b. To draw off in the form of vapor.

2. To draw moisture from, as by heating, leaving only the dry solid portion.

3. To deposit (a metal) on a substrate by vacuum sublimation.

v.intr.

1.

a. To change into vapor.

b. To pass off in or as vapor.

2. To produce vapor.

3. To disappear; vanish: Our fears at last evaporated. See Synonyms at disappear.

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[Middle English evaporaten, from Latin vaprre, vaprt- : -, ex-, ex- + vapor, steam.]

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e·vapo·ration n.

e·vapo·rative adj.

e·vapo·rative·ly adv.

e·vapo·ra·tivi·ty (-r-tv-t) n.

e·vapo·rator n.

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evaporation  (-vp-rshn)

The change of a liquid into a vapor at a temperature below the boiling point. Evaporation takes place at the surface of a liquid, where molecules with the highest kinetic energy are able to escape. When this happens, the average kinetic energy of the liquid is lowered, and its temperature decreases.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	evaporation - the process of becoming a vapor       vaporisation, vaporization, vapour, vapor boiling - the application of heat to change something from a liquid to a gas clouding, clouding up - the process whereby water particles become visible in the sky phase change, phase transition, physical change, state change - a change from one state (solid or liquid or gas) to another without a change in chemical composition smoke, smoking - a hot vapor containing fine particles of carbon being produced by combustion; "the fire produced a tower of black smoke that could be seen for miles"
	2.	evaporation - the process of extracting moisture drying up, desiccation, dehydration extraction - the process of obtaining something from a mixture or compound by chemical or physical or mechanical means freeze-drying, lyophilisation, lyophilization - a method of drying food or blood plasma or pharmaceuticals or tissue without destroying their physical structure; material is frozen and then warmed in a vacuum so that the ice sublimes inspissation - the process of thickening by dehydration plastination - a process involving fixation and dehydration and forced impregnation and hardening of biological tissues; water and lipids are replaced by curable polymers (silicone or epoxy or polyester) that are subsequently hardened; "the plastination of specimens is valuable for research and teaching"

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evaporation

noun

1. vaporization, vanishing, disappearance, dispelling, dissolution, fading away, melting away, dispersal, dissipation, evanescence, dematerialization The cooling effect is caused by the evaporation of sweat on the skin.

2. drying up, drying, dehydration, desiccation, vaporization an increase in evaporation of both lake and ground water

Translations

evaporation [ɪˌvæpəˈreɪʃən] N → evaporación f

evaporation [ɪˌvæpəˈreɪʃ^ən] n

[liquid] → évaporation f

(= disappearance) → disparition f

evaporation

n → Verdampfung f, → Verdampfen nt; (fig) → Schwinden nt

evaporation [ɪˌvæpəˈreɪʃ/ən] n → evaporazione f