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1. Evaporation
   In meteorology, the change of liquid water or ice to water vapour. In certain usages the term signifies only the liquid to vapour phase change, as distinct from sublimation which signifies the solid to vapour change. The rate of evaporation is controlled by the water and energy (mainly solar radiation) supplies and the ability to take up more water.
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2. Evaporation
   The process where liquid water turns into vapour, apparently disappearing. e.g. a rain puddle may evaporate when the sun comes out - it is the opposite of 'condensation'.
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3. evaporation
   (Green plants as organisms) the process in which a liquid turns into a gas
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4. Evaporation
   [pronounce: ev-ap-pour-ay-shun] A liquid turning into a gas.
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5. Evaporation
   The process by which a substance changes from a liquid to a gas, or by which moisture is lost, e.g., the water in sweat evaporates from the surface of the skin and produces a cooling effect.
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6. Evaporation
   The process by which any substance is converted from a liquid state into vapor.
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7. Evaporation
   The physical process by which a liquid, such as water is transformed into a gaseous state, such as water vapor. It is the opposite physical process of condensation.The kinetic interpretation of evaporation is molecules escape from the surface of the liquid until equilibrium with the saturated vapour...
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8. evaporation
   The changing of a liquid (or solid) to vapour (gas) when heat is applied. When salt water is heated, the pure water turns to vapour and the salt is left behind.
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9. evaporation
   vaporization. Conversion of a liquid into a gas.
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10. Evaporation
    Conversion of a liquid to the vapour state. See also vaporisation
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11. evaporation
    The change of state of a substance from a liquid to a gas below its boiling point
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12. evaporation
    emission of vapour by a free surface of liquid, in technical language, commonly taken for vaporisation Category: Mechanical engineering • when we wish to thicken up a liquor or syrup, we evaporate or boil off part of its water. When we use steam for this purpose, what we are really doing...
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13. Evaporation
    E·vap`o·ra'tion noun [ Latin evaporatio : confer French évaporation .] 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 camp...
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14. evaporation
    1. A change from liquid to vapor form. ... 2. Loss of volume of a liquid by conversion into vapor. ... Synonym: volatilization. ... Origin: L. E, out, + vaporare, to emit vapor ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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15. evaporation
    (e-vap″o-ra´shәn) conversion of a liquid or solid into vapor.
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16. Evaporation
    • (n.) That which is evaporated; vapor. • (n.) See Vaporization. • (n.) 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. • (n.) The transformation of a portion of a fluid into ...
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17. evaporation
    evaporation 1. A process in which something is changed from a liquid to a vapor without its temperature reaching boiling point. 2. The conversion of a liquid into a vapor, usually the slow process that occurs below the boiling point of the liquid.
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18. Evaporation
    The physical process by which a liquid or solid substance is transformed to the gaseous state; the opposite of condensation. In meteorology, evaporation usually is restricted in use to the change of water from liquid to gas, while sublimation is used to the change from solid to gas as well as from gas to solid.
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19. Evaporation
    Evaporation can be defined as the process by which liquid water is converted into a gaseous state. Evaporation can only occur when water is available. It also requires that the humidity of the atmosphere be less than the evaporating surface (at 100% relative humidity there is no more evaporation). T...
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20. evaporation
    
    • the process of becoming a vapor
    • the process of extracting moisture (as by heat)
    
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21. EVAPORATION
    The physical process by which a liquid, such as water is transformed into a gaseous state, such as water vapor. It is the opposite physical process of condensation.
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22. evaporation
    process of deposition of metals by crystallisation of non-ionized or slightly ionized metal vapours, e.g. Al, Cr, B, Si, Ni, on the cold surface of the charge, when the vapours are obtained by vaporization of materials
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23. Evaporation
    The physical process by which a liquid or solid is changed to a gas; the opposite of condensation.
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24. evaporation
    evaporation, change of a liquid into vapor at any temperature below its boiling point. For example, water, when placed in a shallow open container exposed to air, gradually disappears, evaporating at a rate that depends on the amount of surface exposed, the humidity of the air, and the temperature. ...
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25. Evaporation
    Evaporation is the conversion of a liquid by heat into vapour, which passes into the atmosphere. The process of evaporation is constantly going on at the surface of the earth, but principally at the surface of the sea, of lakes, rivers, and pools. The vapour thus formed, being specifically lighter t...
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