Definition of evaporation

• 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, of camphor.
• n. - 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.
• n. - That which is evaporated; vapor.
• n. - See Vaporization.