Definitions for evaporation

evaporation e·vap·o·ra·tion

Spelling: [ih-vap-uh-rey-shuh n]
IPA: /ɪˌvæp əˈreɪ ʃən/

Evaporation is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 838 anagrams from letters in evaporation (aaeinooprtv).

Definitions for evaporation

noun

  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.

Origin of evaporation

1350-1400; Middle English evaporacioun Latin ēvapōrātiōn- (stem of ēvapōrātiō). See evaporate, -ion

Examples for evaporation

evaporation is allowed to take place to some extent by delaying the drying.

Like Earth, Titan has weather, with evaporation, clouds, rain, and wind.

evaporation and condensation, woods and glaciers, have all been brought into play.

Round these there were circles of dampness, showing that evaporation was taking place.

Study for a few days the effect of evaporation on the several soils.

The salt can be recovered from the filtrate by evaporation of the water.

To provide a mulch of dry soil so as to prevent the evaporation of moisture.

Either of these substances help to retain the ammonia and prevent its evaporation.

It's evaporation that puts water into the air, isn't it, sir?

Unless big storms hit, summer evaporation and lawn-watering is going to push things back into the critical mode.

Word Value for evaporation
Scrable

16

Words with friends

19

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