Evaporation EVAPORA'TION, n. The conversion of a fluid into vapor specifically lighter than the atmospheric air. Evaporation is increased by heat and is followed by cold. It is now generally considered as a solution in the atmosphere.
1. The act of flying off in fumes; vent; discharge.
2. In pharmacy, the operation of drawing off a portion of a fluid in steam, that the remainder may be of a greater consistence, or more concentrated.

evaporation n 1: the process of becoming a vapor [syn: vaporization, vaporisation, vapor, vapour, evaporation] 2: the process of extracting moisture [syn: dehydration, desiccation, drying up, evaporation]

evaporation 1398, from L. evaporationem (nom. evaporatio), from evaporare "disperse in vapor or steam," from ex- "out" + vapor "steam" (see vapor).

evaporation noun see evaporate

evaporation see evaporate

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.

evaporation n. 1. Vaporization. 2. Exhalation.

evaporation ɪˌvæpəˈreɪʃən n. 1 vaporization, drying (up or out), dehydration, desiccation, exsiccation, parching, searing: Clouds are formed by the evaporation of terrestrial water. 2 disappearance, dispersion, dispelling, dissipation, evanescence, dematerialization, dissolution, fading (away), melting (away): He was pleased to note the evaporation of all serious opposition.

122 Moby Thesaurus words for "evaporation": ablation, aeration, aerification, air-drying, anhydration, atomization, attenuation, blackout, blast-freezing, blocking, bottling, brining, broadcast, broadcasting, canning, circumfusion, consumption, corning, curing, decrease, decrement, dehumidification, dehydration, dematerialization, departure, depletion, depreciation, desiccation, diffraction, diffusion, dilution, disappearance, disappearing, dispensation, dispersal, dispersion, dissemination, dissipation, dissolution, dissolving, distillation, distribution, divergence, drain, drainage, dry-curing, drying, drying up, eclipse, elimination, embalming, erasure, erosion, etherealization, etherification, evanescence, exhalation, exhaustion, expansion, expenditure, extinction, fadeaway, fadeout, fading, fluidization, fractionation, fragmentation, freeze-drying, freezing, fumigation, fuming, gasification, going, impoverishment, insolation, irradiation, jerking, leakage, marination, melting, mummification, occultation, passing, peppering, pickling, potting, propagation, publication, quick-freezing, radiation, refrigeration, salting, scattering, scatterment, seasoning, shotgun pattern, shrinkage, smoking, sowing, spattering, splay, spread, spreading, sprinkling, steaming, strewing, stuffing, sublimation, taxidermy, tinning, using, using up, vanishing, vanishing point, vaporization, volatilization, wastage, waste, wearing, wearing away, wipe, withering

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