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evaporation (iou)



evaporation noun. LME.
[from Latin evaporatio(n-), formed as EVAPORATE verb: see -ATION.]
The action or process of gradually turning from liquid or solid into vapour, or of passing away as vapour; an instance of this. LME.
D. Attenborough Evaporation under the grilling sun has made the waters very salty.
The action or an act of evaporating a liquid or driving off the liquid part of something. LME.
Vapour given off by evaporation. Usu. in pl., vapours, exhalations, fumes. LME.
Emission of vapour, esp. water vapour. Formerly also, emission of breath, fire, or sweat. M16.
Anthony Huxley Stomata control the evaporation from the leaf.