Evaporation : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Evaporation	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Evaporation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
evaporation n the process of becoming a vapor [syn: vaporization, vaporisation, vapor, vapour, evaporation] the process of extracting moisture Synonym(s): dehydration, desiccation, drying up, evaporation
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Evaporation \Evap`ora"tion\, n. [L. evaporatio: cf. F. [82]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}.