evaporation

See also: évaporation

English

Etymology

From French évaporation, from Latin evaporatio. Morphologically evaporate +‎ -ion.

Pronunciation

(UK, US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ɪˌvæpəˈɹeɪʃən/
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(less common) IPA^(key): /i-/
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.

Derived terms

Translations

process of liquid converting to the gaseous state

Albanian: avullim (sq)
Bulgarian: изпарение (bg) n (izparenie)
Catalan: evaporació (ca) f
Danish: fordampning (da) c
Dutch: verdamping (nl)
Finnish: haihtuminen (fi), haihdunta (fi), höyrystyminen (fi)
French: évaporation (fr)
Galician: evaporación (gl) f
German: Verdunstung (de) f, Verdunsten n, Verdampfung f, Verdampfen n
Greek: εξάτμιση (el) f (exátmisi), εξαέρωση (el) f (exaérosi)
Gujarati: બાષ્પીભવન n (bāṣpībhavan)
Hindi: वाष्पीकरण m (vāṣpīkraṇ)
Irish: galú m
Italian: vaporizzazione (it)
Japanese: 蒸発 (ja) (じょうはつ, jōhatsu)
Kashubian: ropienié
Macedonian: испарување n (isparuvanje), испарение n (isparenie)
Māori: whakaetonga
Norwegian:
Bokmål: fordamping m or f, fordampning m or f

Nynorsk: fordamping f
Polish: parowanie (pl) n
Portuguese: evaporação (pt) f
Romanian: evaporare (ro) f
Russian: испаре́ние (ru) n (isparénije), парообразова́ние (ru) n (paroobrazovánije)
Spanish: evaporación (es) f
Swahili: uvukizaji
Tagalog: hisingaw, alanguang
Thai: การระเหย (th) (gaan-rá-hə̌əi)
Ukrainian: випаровування (vyparovuvannja)

process to increase concentration

Albanian: avullim (sq)
Bulgarian: изпаряване n (izparjavane)
Danish: inddampning c
Finnish: haihduttaminen (fi), haihdutus (fi)
Galician: evaporación (gl) f
German: Eindampfen n, Einkochen n, Reduzieren n
Greek: εξαέρωση (el) f (exaérosi)
Kashubian: wëropienié
Polish: odparowanie n
Portuguese: evaporação (pt) f
Russian: выпа́ривание (ru) n (vypárivanije)

(archaic) vapor — see vapor

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