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Evaporative
(redirected from evaporative loss)

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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.
[Middle English evaporaten, from Latin vaprre, vaprt- : -, ex-, ex- + vapor, steam.]
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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Adj.1.Evaporativeevaporative - relating to or causing or being caused by evaporation; "an evaporative cooler"


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