2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Evaporation \E*vap`o*ra"tion\, n. [L. evaporatio: cf F.
['e]vaporation.]
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) See {Vaporization}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
evaporation
n 1: the process of becoming a vapor [syn: {vaporization}, {vaporisation},
{vapor}, {vapour}]
2: the process of extracting moisture (as by heat) [syn: {dehydration},
{dessication}, {drying up}]
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Lake Atitlan, Guatemala
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