(1):

(n.) See Vaporization.

(2):

(n.) 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.

(3):

(n.) 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):

(n.) That which is evaporated; vapor.