vaporisation

Noun
  1. The process of becoming a vapor (synset 113593639)
    is a type of: phase change, phase transition, physical change, state change - a change from one state (solid or liquid or gas) to another without a change in chemical composition
    subtypes:
    • boiling - the application of heat to change something from a liquid to a gas
    • clouding, clouding up - the process whereby water particles become visible in the sky
    • smoke, smoking - a hot vapor containing fine particles of carbon being produced by combustion
    same as: evaporation, vapor, vaporization, vapour
  2. Annihilation by vaporizing something (synset 100219769)
    is a type of: annihilation, obliteration - destruction by annihilating something
    same as: vaporization

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