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. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
That which is evaporated; vapor. [1913 Webster]
See Vaporization. [1913 Webster]

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THESAURUS

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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Evaporation

Rarity

N rarity, tenuity, absence of solidity, subtility, subtilty, subtlety, sponginess, compressibility, rarefaction, expansion, dilatation, inflation, subtilization, vaporization, evaporation, diffusion, gassification, ether, rare, subtile, thin, fine, tenuous, compressible, flimsy, slight, light, cavernous, spongy, rarefied, unsubstantial, uncompact, incompressed, rarefiable.

Vaporization

N vaporization, volatilization, gasification, evaporation, vaporation, distillation, cupellation, cohobation, sublimination, exhalation, volatility, vaporizer, still, retort, fumigation, steaming, bay salt, chloride of sodium, mister, spray, bubble, effervescence, ', volatilized, reeking, volatile, evaporable, vaporizable, bubbly, effervescent, boiling, Specific Fluids.

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