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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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]

Merriam Webster's

noun see evaporate

NOAA Weather Glossary

The process of a liquid changing into a vapor or gas.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

see evaporate

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Vaporization. 2. Exhalation.

Moby Thesaurus

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