evaporation
See also: évaporation
English edit
Etymology edit
From Old French évaporation, from Latin evaporatio Morphologically evaporate + -ion
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
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.
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Translations edit
process of liquid converting to the gaseous state
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process to increase concentration
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(archaic) vapor — see vapor
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See also edit
- vaporization
- sublimation (the process of a solid converting directly to a gaseous state)