Evaporation definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary EVAPORA'TION, n. The conversion ... a fluid into vapor specifically lighter than the atmospheric air. Evaporation is increased by heat and is followed by cold. It ... process of becoming a vapor [syn: vaporization, vaporisation, vapor, vapour, evaporation] 2: the process of extracting moisture [syn: dehydration, desiccation, drying up, evaporation] Merriam Webster's noun see evaporate NOAA Weather Glossary The ... changing into a vapor or gas. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Evaporation E*vap`o*ra"tion, n. [L. evaporatio: cf. F ... liquid state into, and carried off in, vapor; as, the evaporation of water, of ether, of camphor. 2. The transformation ...
... Wharton > (2) to diminish quickly 2. to give forth vapor • evaporation noun • evaporative adjective • evaporator noun Oxford Reference Dictionary v. 1 ... evaporated). Phrases and idioms: evaporated milk milk concentrated by partial evaporation. Derivatives: evaporable adj. evaporation n. evaporative adj. evaporator n. Etymology: L evaporare (as E ... of artificial heat), leaving the solid portion; to subject to evaporation; as, to evaporate apples. 3. To give vent to; to ... the sun. VERB: V, be V-ed, also V n • evaporation The soothing, cooling effect is caused by the evaporation of the sweat on the skin. N-UNCOUNT 2. ...
... sending forth fluids in the form of steam or vapor; evaporation. 2. That which is exhaled; that which is emitted, or ... are visible or invisible. The earth is often dried by evaporation, without visible exhalations. The smell of fragrant plants is caused ... or sending forth in the form of steam or vapor; evaporation. 2. That which is exhaled, or which rises in the ... see exhale Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. 1. Evaporation, emission of vapor. 2. Vapor, fume, effluvium, steam, reek, smoke, fog. Moby Thesaurus air, breath, effluvium, emanation, emission, evaporation, exhaust, expiration, fog, fume, gas, mist, puff, respiration, steam, suspiration ...
... found native in the earth, or it is produced by evaporation and crystallization from water impregnated with saline particles. 2. In ... by mining from strata consisting of it or by the evaporation of sea water, and used for seasoning or preserving food ... a depression near the sea, used for getting salt by evaporation. salt-shaker US a container of salt for sprinkling on ... found native in the earth, and is also produced, by evaporation and crystallization, from sea water and other water impregnated with ... leave it for the hot summer sun to evaporate. After evaporation the salt crystals can be collected. As salt-gathering is ...
... receiver; the operation of extracting spirit from a substance by evaporation and condensation; rectification. 3. The substance extracted by distilling. 4 ... 1. a. the process of purifying a liquid by successive evaporation and condensation b. a process like distillation < gradual distillation of ... sour mash, or of boric acid in steam. Note: The evaporation of water, its condensation into clouds, and its precipitation as ... effect, elixir, elution, elutriation, end product, essence, essentialization, etherealization, etherification, evaporation, exhalation, expression, extract, extraction, fabric, filtering, filtration, flaming, fluidization, fractionation ...
... the eyes; to exsiccate. 2. To deprive of moisture by evaporation or exhalation; as, the sun dries a cloth; wind dries ... not yielding water. e (of a liquid) having disappeared by evaporation etc. f not connected with or for use without moisture ... dried) 1 tr. & intr. make or become dry by wiping, evaporation, draining, etc. 2 tr. (usu. as dried adj.) preserve (food ...
... process of bringing a liquid to a certain consistence by evaporation. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: the successful completion ... scale; graduation at a college; graduation in color; graduation by evaporation; the graduation of a bird's tail, etc. 2. The ... large surfaces to the air, so as to hasten its evaporation. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (graduations) 1. Graduation is the successful ...
... a building in which salt is made by boiling or evaporation. Oxford Reference Dictionary n. 1 a salt-works. 2 a set of pools for the natural evaporation of sea water. Etymology: OE sealtærn (as SALT, ærn building ... or place where salt is made by boiling or by evaporation; salt works.
... The operation of separating water from spirits and acids, by evaporation or repeated distillation; -- called also concentration, especially when acids are ... process of reducing the volume of a liquid, as by evaporation. The acid acquires a higher degree of concentration. --Knight. 3 ... small compass, collection upon a single point. 2. Reduction by evaporation. Moby Thesaurus abbreviation, absorbed attention, absorption, abstraction, accelerando, acceleration, advertence ...
... Dictionary MA'PLE MAPLE-SU'GAR, n. Sugar obtained by evaporation from the juice of the rock maple. WordNet (r) 3 ... is made, in the United States, in great quantities, by evaporation; the red or swamp maple is A. rubrum; the silver ... sugar obtained from the sap of the sugar maple by evaporation. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (maples) A maple or a maple ...
... the lower latitudes, securing the increased precipitation and the diminished evaporation which would account for the enlargement of the bodies of ... When the conditions of the Glacial epoch passed away the evaporation again prevailed, until the water areas of these enclosed basins ... the present equilibrium was established between the precipitation and the evaporation. While it is susceptible of proof that the close of ...
... To be diminished or lost by slow dissipation, consumption or evaporation; as, water wastes by evaporation; fuel wastes in combustion. 3. To be consumed by time ... emacerate, emaciate, emaciation, end, engorge, erase, erode, erosion, evanesce, evaporate, evaporation, excrement, excreta, excretes, exhaust, exhausted, exhaustion, exit, expend, expending, expenditure ...
... 2005) n 1: the sediment that is left after the evaporation of seawater Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: evaporation + 1-ite Date: 1924 a sedimentary rock (as gypsum) that originates by evaporation of seawater in an enclosed basin • evaporitic adjective
... which water gathers and leaves a deposit of salt on evaporation Webster's 1913 Dictionary Salt acid (Chem.), hydrochloric acid. Salt ... A marine fish. Salt garden, an arrangement for the natural evaporation of sea water for the production of salt, employing large ... pan. (a) A large pan used for making salt by evaporation; also, a shallow basin in the ground where salt water ...
... A marine fish. Salt garden, an arrangement for the natural evaporation of sea water for the production of salt, employing large ... pan. (a) A large pan used for making salt by evaporation; also, a shallow basin in the ground where salt water ...