vaporization
nounEtymology From vapor + -ization.
1
A conversion of a solid or a liquid into a gas.
2
A destruction of something by turning it into vapor.
- Derived terms
- enthalpy of vaporization, heat of vaporization
- Hyponyms
- evaporation, boiling
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