noun that which is evaporated; vapor.
2. evaporation ·noun ·see vaporization.
3. evaporation ·noun 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.
4. evaporation ·noun 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.