(1):
(n.) See Vaporization.
(2):
(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.
(3):
(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.
(4):
(n.) That which is evaporated; vapor.