English > vaporization: 2 senses > noun 2, process| Meaning | The process of becoming a vapor. |
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| Synonyms | vaporisation, 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 | vaporize | turn into gas |
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| vaporize | lose or cause to lose liquid / liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue |
