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evaporation

Translation
evaporation
—evaporative /i vap"euh ray'tiv, -euhr euh tiv/, adj. —evaporatively, adv.
/i vap'euh ray"sheuhn/, n.
1. the act or process of evaporating.
2. the state of being evaporated.
3. Archaic. matter or the quantity of matter evaporated or passed off in vapor.
[1350-1400; ME evaporacioun < L evaporation- (s. of evaporatio). See EVAPORATE, -ION]

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Change of a liquid into the gaseous state; in particular, the process by which liquid water enters the atmosphere as water vapour.

Evaporation, mostly from the sea and from vegetation, replenishes the humidity of the air. It is an important part of the exchange of energy in the Earth-atmosphere system that produces atmospheric motion, and therefore weather and climate. The rate of evaporation depends on the temperature difference between the evaporating surface and the air, the relative humidity, and wind.

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