evaporation

noun

Definition of evaporationnext
as in melting

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Recent Examples of evaporation Because most of the journey occurred below ground, relatively little water was lost to evaporation. — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 16 Aug. 2026 Although a subsurface dam stores less water than an aboveground dam, its construction is less disruptive to the surrounding environment, and the water is more protected from contamination and evaporation. — Idaho Statesman, 15 Aug. 2026 Rain and snow are the income, while evaporation, plant use, runoff, and human withdrawals are the expenditure. — Dominique Soguel, Christian Science Monitor, 14 Aug. 2026 Don’t forget to replace or add mulch to help slow moisture evaporation. — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 6 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for evaporation
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evaporation
  1. melting
  2. dissipation
  3. passing
  4. dissolution
  5. fading
  6. vanishing
Noun
  • PyroGenesis will supply a coarse Ti64 titanium powder for electron beam melting, or EBM.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Late last month, a hiker discovered human remains that turned up following the melting of the Trift glacier south of the city of Lucerne, prompting a recovery operation, the regional government said Wednesday.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of melting
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  • That's increasingly difficult as chips become smaller and new solutions are needed to address signal integrity, power delivery, and heat dissipation.
    — Zev Fima, CNBC, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Better quantum simulations Mingjian Zhu, a graduate student in physics and astronomy at Rice, revealed the system enables independent control over a thermal environment’s temperature and dissipation rate.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 31 July 2026
Definition of dissipation
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  • His arm talent and ability to protect the football could give FIU a more efficient passing attack.
    — Alejandro Hernandez, Miami Herald, 17 Aug. 2026
  • The three spacecraft will beam lasers at each other, looking for deviations in the travel time of those laser beams as evidence for the passing of a long-wavelength gravitational wave.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of passing
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  • The dissolution of the ghettos in the eighteenth century could be interpreted as tearing down barriers, but now poverty set in and the wealthy separated from those who formerly shared a similar destiny.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The potential dissolution of the Hapag-ZIM deal follows the collapse of one of the largest and fastest-growing container lines in the world.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of dissolution
Noun
  • This locks the fabric color to help reduce bleeding and fading.
    — Bianca Lambert, Southern Living, 1 Aug. 2026
  • The deep indigo color has no fading, which gives the jeans a sleeker look, and the leg is relaxed throughout but doesn’t look slouchy.
    — Shea Simmons, PEOPLE, 31 July 2026
Definition of fading
Noun
  • Bearing witness to that vanishing is a rare and fleeting privilege.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The vanishing of any craft is a tragedy to all who prefer the existence of a thing to its opposite, but restorative art represents more than just a niche domain of aesthetic achievement or a macabre postmortem racket.
    — John Semley, Harpers Magazine, 28 July 2026
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