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vaporization
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun vaporization has 2 senses
- vaporization(n = noun.act) vaporisation - annihilation by vaporizing something; Array is a kind of annihilation, obliteration
- vaporization(n = noun.process) evaporation, vapor, vaporisation, vapour - the process of becoming a vapor; Array has particulars: boiling, clouding, clouding up, smoke, smoking
is a kind of phase change, phase transition, physical change, state change
Derived forms verb vaporize3, verb vaporize2
CIDE DICTIONARY
vaporization, n. [Cf. F. vaporisation.].
The act or process of vaporizing, or the state of being converted into vapor; the artificial formation of vapor; specifically, the conversion of water into steam, as in a steam boiler. [1913 Webster]
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vaporization
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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