English > vaporisation: 2 senses > noun 1, processMeaning | The process of becoming a vapor. |
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Synonyms | vaporization, vapor, vapour, evaporation |
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Narrower | boiling | The application of heat / heat to change something from a liquid / liquid to a gas |
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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 |
Broader | phase change, phase transition, state change, physical change | A change from one state (solid or liquid / liquid or gas) to another without a change in chemical composition |
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Spanish | evaporación, vaporación, vaporización, vapor |
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Catalan | evaporació, vaporització, vapor |
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Verbs | vaporise | turn into gas |
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vaporise | lose or cause to lose liquid / liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue |