D defs.my
Entry 4 senses Webster, 1913

Evaporation

/ĭv-ăpˌ-ẽr-āsh'-ən/ · E·vap·o·ra·tion · IPA /ɪˌvæpəˈɹeɪʃən/
01 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…
  1. 1.
    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.
  2. 2.
    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.
  3. 3.
    That which is evaporated; vapor.
  4. 4.
    See Vaporization.(Steam Engine) See: Vaporization