Evaporation
Evaporation , noun
[Latin evaporatio: compare 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 camphor.
2.
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.
3.
That which is evaporated; vapor.
4.
(Steam Engine) See Vaporization.