evaporation
15
3.2
- noun
- /ɪˌvæpəˈreɪʃən/
- Specialized
:
evaporación
- Because evaporation from the oceans raises the humidity, when storm conditions trigger the showers, more rain falls.
- water evaporation
- evaporation and condensation
- evaporation rate
Those contributing factors really reduce how much evaporation occurs.
- Those contributing factors really reduce how much evaporation occurs.
- It was filled with water and corked up to prevent evaporation.
- In many regions and that's because warm air is thirsty air evaporation away from the surface.
- How do we select the the the energy threshold for evaporation?
- The extra evaporation makes salty water that got pulled north and helped keep that cranking.
- Can we put little points to force the evaporation at those points and calculate the tessellation?
Examples
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Global warming creates increased evaporation from oceans feeding the clouds, but it sucks the moisture from the soil.
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On warm days, you can lose quite a bit of body water through evaporation and perspiration.
Academic text (1999) -
If you want to maintain your internal temperature by cooling yourself through evaporation, you need a good supply of water.
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The rest is lost either by direct evaporation from the soil or in the water distribution network.
Academic text (2008) -
The input would be evaporation from lakes and from trees.
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The soil evaporation increases dramatically with high temperatures.
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But if humidity is high, the rate of evaporation slows and eventually stops.
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Just then, a long, steamy hiss announced the evaporation of water trapped in a log.
Fiction book (2002) -
In addition to accelerating evaporation, warming also increases the moisture-holding capacity of the atmosphere.
Academic text (2008) -
When the sun shines on the puddle, the process of evaporation causes it to slowly disappear.
Synonyms
1
4.0
Gas produced when a liquid, like water, heats and rises into the air
1
5.6
The change of a liquid or solid into a gas like water turning into steam
Antonyms
How Much
- Specialized
2
8.6
- Specialized
15
3.2
- Specialized
- Specialized
7
3.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Evaporation comes from Latin parts meaning 'out' and 'steam': ex- 'out' and vapor 'steam'. So evaporation is when a liquid turns into 'steam' and goes 'out' into the air, which helps you remember why puddles disappear on a hot day.