Vaporize
['veɪpəraɪz] or ['vepə'raɪz]
Definition
(v. t.) To convert into vapor, as by the application of heat, whether naturally or artificially.
(v. i.) To pass off in vapor.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Evaporate, convert into vapor.
Editor: Mamie
Examples
- The heat of the flame is sufficient to change most of this liquid into a gas, that is, to vaporize the liquid, and furthermore to set fire to the gas thus formed. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- When certain substances, such as thorium and cerium, are heated, they do not melt or vaporize, but glow with an intense bright light. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The metal is vaporized by this discharge, and is carried by it directly toward and deposited upon the original record, thus forming the minute film of gold above mentioned. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The liquid air in the interior chamber vaporizes gradually, and escaping through the outwardly opening valve at the top, expands around the air space surrounding the inner vessel. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
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