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# evaporation

noun (evaporation, uncountable)

«evaporation» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Evaporation is when a liquid, usually water, slowly turns into a gas (vapour) and goes into the air. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evaporation/#m1)
2. Evaporation can mean something slowly disappearing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evaporation/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science, evaporation is a change of state from liquid to gas; it happens faster when it is warm, windy, and the surface is wide. It is part of the water cycle: evaporation, condensation (clouds), precipitation (rain), collection. Evaporation separates dissolved salt from water: the water leaves, the salt stays. Sweating cools you by evaporation. Phrases: the water cycle, rate of evaporation, evaporation and condensation.

### Examples

- Puddles disappear because of evaporation. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evaporation/#x1)
- Evaporation is faster on a hot, windy day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evaporation/#x2)
- Evaporation is part of the water cycle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evaporation/#x3)
- Salt is left behind after evaporation of sea water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evaporation/#x4)
- Evaporation of sweat cools your skin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evaporation/#x5)
- We measured evaporation from two dishes of water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evaporation/#x6)

### Note

Verb: evaporate. Evaporation is the opposite of condensation (gas to liquid). Evaporation is not boiling: it happens at the surface at any temperature; boiling happens all through the liquid at 100 °C for water. Uncountable.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «evaporation» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evaporation/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«evaporation» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/evaporation.html) on Mova free.