evaporation

Meaning

  1. (countable, uncountable) The process of a liquid converting to the gaseous state.
  2. (countable, uncountable) 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. (archaic, countable, uncountable) That which is evaporated; vapor.

Frequency

44k
Etymology

From French évaporation, from Latin evaporatio. Morphologically evaporate + -ion.

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