EVAPORATION
\ɪvˌapəɹˈe͡ɪʃən], \ɪvˌapəɹˈeɪʃən], \ɪ_v_ˌa_p_ə_ɹ_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of EVAPORATION
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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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.
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That which is evaporated; vapor.
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See Vaporization.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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That which is evaporated; vapor.
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See Vaporization.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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To emit a vapour. Transformation of a liquid into vapour, in order to obtain the fixed matters contained in it dry and separate from the liquid. When the vapour is received into a proper vessel and condensed, the process is called distillation. Evaporation produces cold, and this is one of the processes by which the body is cooled, through the evaporation of the perspiratory
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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n. Act or process of turning into or passing off in vapour;—transformation of a portion of a fluid into vapour to obtain the fixed matters contained in it in a state of greater consistence.
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The act of flying away in fumes and vapours; the act of attenuating matter, so as to make it fume away; in pharmacy, an operation by which liquids are spent or driven away in steams, so as to leave some part stronger than before.
By Thomas Sheridan
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