evaporation
English Thesaurus
1. the process of extracting moisture (noun.process)
| hypernym | : | extraction, |
| definition | : | the process of obtaining something from a mixture or compound by chemical or physical or mechanical means (noun.process) |
| hyponym | : | freeze-drying, lyophilisation, lyophilization, |
| definition | : | a method of drying food or blood plasma or pharmaceuticals or tissue without destroying their physical structure; material is frozen and then warmed in a vacuum so that the ice sublimes (noun.process) |
| hyponym | : | inspissation, |
| definition | : | the process of thickening by dehydration (noun.process) |
| part meronym | : | plastination, |
| definition | : | a process involving fixation and dehydration and forced impregnation and hardening of biological tissues; water and lipids are replaced by curable polymers (silicone or epoxy or polyester) that are subsequently hardened (noun.process) |
2. the process of becoming a vapor (noun.process)
| hypernym | : | phase change, phase transition, physical change, state change, |
| definition | : | a change from one state (solid or liquid or gas) to another without a change in chemical composition (noun.process) |
| hyponym | : | boiling, |
| definition | : | the application of heat to change something from a liquid to a gas (noun.process) |
| hyponym | : | clouding, clouding up, |
| definition | : | the process whereby water particles become visible in the sky (noun.process) |
3. the process of extracting moisture (noun.process)
4. the process of becoming a vapor (noun.process)
5. the process of extracting moisture (noun.process)
6. the process of becoming a vapor (noun.process)
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