avolation

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin āvolātiō (“flying away”), or formed directly from avolate +‎ -ation.

Noun

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avolation (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Evaporation; dissipation into the air.
    • 1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia, section XXXII:
      Now, this to me, seems not likely to proceed from any other cause than the avolation of the juice through the skin […].

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