Evaporation /(?)/

E·vap·o·ra·tion

Evaporation

n.
  1. The process by which any substance is converted from a liquid state into, and carried off in, vapor; as, the evaporation of water, of ether, of camphor.
  2. The transformation of a portion of a fluid into vapor, in order to obtain the fixed matter contained in it in a state of greater consistence.
  3. That which is evaporated; vapor.
  4. See Vaporization. (Steam Engine)