Evaporation

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun That which is evaporated; vapor.

II. Evaporation ·noun ·see Vaporization.

III. Evaporation ·noun 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.

IV. Evaporation ·noun 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.