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evaporation en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /i-/ (uncommon)
  • /ɪˌvæpəˈɹeɪʃən/ (Canada, UK, US)
  • (US) audio
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From French évaporation, from Latin evaporatio. Morphologically evaporate + -ion.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The process of a liquid converting to the gaseous state.
    • The lake shrank because of rapid evaporation.
    • Heat causes the evaporation of water from the surface.
    • rapid evaporation
    • water evaporation
    • rate of evaporation
  2. (countable, uncountable) The process in which all or a portion of liquid (in a container) is turned into vapour, in order to increase the concentration of solid matter in the mixture.
  3. (archaic, countable, uncountable) That which is evaporated; vapor.

Forms

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Deriveds

coevaporation · membrane evaporation · evapotranspiration · evapocondensation · photoevaporation · reevaporation · nonevaporation · pervaporation · hyperevaporation · evaporational · rotoevaporation

Relateds

sublimation · vaporization

Translations (53)

pt evaporação (process to increase concentration) · gl evaporación (process of liquid converting to the gaseous state) · mk испарување (process of liquid converting to the gaseous state) · it vaporizzazione (process of liquid converting to the gaseous state) · ga galú (process of liquid converting to the gaseous state) · de Verdunsten (process of liquid converting to the gaseous state) · pt evaporação (process of liquid converting to the gaseous state) · sw uvukizaji (process of liquid converting to the gaseous state) · ru испаре́ние (process of liquid converting to the gaseous state) · es evaporación (process of liquid converting to the gaseous state) · csb wëropienié (process to increase concentration) · pl odparowanie (process to increase concentration) · gl evaporación (process to increase concentration) · de Einkochen (process to increase concentration) · bg изпарение (process of liquid converting to the gaseous state) · nb fordamping (process of liquid converting to the gaseous state) · nl verdamping (process of liquid converting to the gaseous state) · el εξαέρωση (process of liquid converting to the gaseous state) · fi haihtuminen (process of liquid converting to the gaseous state) · bg изпаряване (process to increase concentration) · de Eindampfen (process to increase concentration) · el εξαέρωση (process to increase concentration) · da fordampning (process of liquid converting to the gaseous state) · ro evaporare (process of liquid converting to the gaseous state) · mi whakaetonga (process of liquid converting to the gaseous state) · mk испарение (process of liquid converting to the gaseous state) · ja 蒸発 (process of liquid converting to the gaseous state) · da inddampning (process to increase concentration) · fr évaporation (process of liquid converting to the gaseous state) · tl hisingaw (process of liquid converting to the gaseous state) · ru парообразова́ние (process of liquid converting to the gaseous state) · de Verdunstung (process of liquid converting to the gaseous state) · de Verdampfung (process of liquid converting to the gaseous state) · de Verdampfen (process of liquid converting to the gaseous state) · csb ropienié (process of liquid converting to the gaseous state) · fi haihdunta (process of liquid converting to the gaseous state) · fi höyrystyminen (process of liquid converting to the gaseous state) · uk випаровування (process of liquid converting to the gaseous state) · sq avullim (process of liquid converting to the gaseous state) · sq avullim (process to increase concentration) · nn fordamping (process of liquid converting to the gaseous state) · fi haihduttaminen (process to increase concentration) · tl alanguang (process of liquid converting to the gaseous state) · hi वाष्पीकरण (process of liquid converting to the gaseous state) · fi haihdutus (process to increase concentration) · nb fordampning (process of liquid converting to the gaseous state) · de Reduzieren (process to increase concentration) · pl parowanie (process of liquid converting to the gaseous state) · el εξάτμιση (process of liquid converting to the gaseous state) · ru выпа́ривание (process to increase concentration) · ca evaporació (process of liquid converting to the gaseous state) · gu બાષ્પીભવન (process of liquid converting to the gaseous state) · th การระเหย (process of liquid converting to the gaseous state)