Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The process of a liquid converting to the gaseous state.

    rate of evaporation

    water evaporation

    Verdunstung, Verdunsten, Verdampfung

    испаре́ниеisparénije, парообразова́ниеparoobrazovánije

    випаровуванняvyparovuvannja

  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.

    Eindampfen, Einkochen, Reduzieren

    выпа́риваниеvypárivanije

  3. (archaic, countable, uncountable)That which is evaporated; vapor.

    the process of becoming a vapor

Examples

6 sentences
  1. The evaporation process creates a drop in temperature of several degrees.

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  2. A swamp cooler cools the air through the evaporation of water.

  3. Evaporation is the reverse of condensation.

  4. Evaporation from oceans, lakes, and rivers creates 90% of the water in air.

    ruИспарение океанов, озёр и рек образует 90% всей воды в атмосфере. — odexed

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  5. The transition from liquid to gaseous state is called evaporation, and the opposite transition from gaseous to liquid state is called condensation.

    ruПереход из жидкого в газообразное состояние называют испарением, а противоположный ему переход из газообразного состояния в жидкое — конденсацией. — nina99nv

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
process of liquid converting to the gaseous state:
Русский
By meaning 2
process of liquid converting to the gaseous state:
process to increase concentration:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
process of liquid converting to the gaseous state:
process to increase concentration:

Origin

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

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

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