— evaporative /i vap"euh ray'tiv, -euhr euh tiv/ , adj. — evaporatively , adv.
/i vap'euh ray"sheuhn/ , n.
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.
[ 1350-1400; ME evaporacioun evaporation- (s. of evaporatio ). See EVAPORATE, -ION ]