Found 3 items, similar to Evaporation.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: evaporation
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: evaporation
evaporation
n 1: the process of becoming a vapor [syn:
vaporization,
vaporisation,
vapor,
vapour]
2: the process of extracting moisture [syn:
dehydration,
desiccation,
drying up]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Evaporation
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.
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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.
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3. That which is evaporated; vapor.
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4. (Steam Engine) See
Vaporization.
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