Evaporation
[ɪ,væpə'reɪʃən] or [ɪ,væpə'reʃən]
Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) 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.
(n.) That which is evaporated; vapor.
(n.) See Vaporization.
Typist: Richard
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Vaporization.[2]. Exhalation.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See EVAPORATE]
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Examples
- But in this evaporation great cold is produced and the water in the receiver is soon frozen. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- In the case of the cologne, some molecules must have escaped from the liquid by the process of evaporation and traveled through the air to the nose. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- An incident of evaporation is the passing from the limited volume of a liquid to the greatly increased volume of a gas. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The resultant compound i n turn dissolved water; hence the phenomena of evaporation. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The Susquehanna alone would seem to be sufficient for this, if it were not for the loss by evaporation. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Cailletet used a pressure of 300 atmospheres and a temperature of -29°, which latter was obtained by the evaporation of liquid sulphurous acid. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Some experiments on the cold produced by evaporation, made by Dr. Cullen, had been communicated to Dr. Franklin by Professor Simpson, of Glasgow. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Pictet used a pressure of 320 atmospheres and a temperature of -140°, obtained by the evaporation of liquid sulphurous acid and liquid carbonic acid. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Carré of France invented successful machines about 1870 for making ice by the rapid absorption and evaporation of heat by the ammonia process. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- It is due to rapid evaporation, which in changing the water from a liquid to a gaseous form, abstracts heat from the hands. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Both credit and currency begin to fluctuate wildly with the evaporation of public confidence. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The principle of making ice by evaporation and absorption may be illustrated by two examples of the Carré methods:--It is well known what a great attraction sulphuric acid has for water. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Less conspicuous but still eminently useful were his discoveries and labours in other directions, in the expansion of gases, evaporation, steam, etc. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Evaporation of water consists of the movement of these atoms in such a way as to make the liquid water change into a gas. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Here he deals, among other things, with rainfall, the formation of clouds, evaporation, and the distribution and character of atmos pheric moisture. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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