evaporation

See also: évaporation

English

Etymology

From Old French évaporation, from Latin evaporatio

Pronunciation

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Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

evaporation (countable and uncountable, plural evaporations)

The process of a liquid converting to the gaseous state.
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.
(archaic) That which is evaporated; vapor.

Translations

process of liquid converting to the gaseous state

Albanian: avullim (sq)
Bulgarian: изпарение (bg) n (izparenie)
Danish: fordampning (da) c
Dutch: verdamping
Finnish: haihtuminen (fi), haihdunta, höyrystyminen (fi)
French: évaporation (fr)
Greek: εξάτμιση (el) f (exátmisi), εξαέρωση (el) f (exaérosi)
Italian: vaporizzazione (it)
Macedonian: испарување n (isparúvanje)
Maori: whakaetonga

Norwegian:
Bokmål: fordamping m or f, fordampning m or f
Nynorsk: fordamping f
Polish: parowanie (pl) n
Portuguese: evaporação (pt) f
Russian: испаре́ние (ru) n (isparénije), парообразова́ние (ru) n (paroobrazovánije)
Spanish: evaporación (es) f
Tagalog: hisingaw, alanguang
Thai: การระเหย (th) (gaan-rá-hə̌əi)

process to increase concentration

Albanian: avullim (sq)
Bulgarian: изпаряване n (izparjavane)
Danish: inddampning c
Finnish: haihduttaminen (fi), haihdutus (fi)

Greek: εξαέρωση (el) f (exaérosi)
Polish: odparowanie n
Portuguese: evaporação (pt) f
Russian: выпа́ривание (ru) n (vypárivanije)

(archaic) vapor

Albanian: avull (sq)
Bulgarian: изпарение (bg) n (izparenie)
Finnish: höyry (fi)

Macedonian: испарување n (isparúvanje)
Russian: испаре́ние (ru) n (isparénije)

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French: ^{(please verify)} évaporation (fr) f

Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} אידוי‎