Noun: evaporation i,va-pu'rey-shun
- The process of becoming a vapour
"The evaporation of water requires energy";
- vaporization, vaporisation [Brit], vapor [US], vapour [Brit, Cdn]
- The process of extracting moisture
"The evaporation of the riverbed led to severe ecological changes";
- dehydration, desiccation, drying up
Derived forms: evaporations
Type of: extraction, phase change, phase transition, physical change, state change
Part of: plastination
Encyclopedia: Evaporation