evaporation

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: vapor, vaporisation, vaporization, vapour
  2. The process of extracting moisture (synset 113481771)
    is a type of: extraction - the process of obtaining something from a mixture or compound by chemical or physical or mechanical means
    subtypes:
    • freeze-drying, lyophilisation, lyophilization - a method of drying food or blood plasma or pharmaceuticals or tissue without destroying their physical structure; material is frozen and then warmed in a vacuum so that the ice sublimes
    • inspissation - the process of thickening by dehydration
    is a part of: plastination - a process involving fixation and dehydration and forced impregnation and hardening of biological tissues; water and lipids are replaced by curable polymers (silicone or epoxy or polyester) that are subsequently hardened
    same as: dehydration, desiccation, drying up

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