evaporation

noun3

1. •
   The process of a liquid converting to the gaseous state.

   • Heat causes the evaporation of water from the surface.
   • The lake shrank because of rapid evaporation.
2. •
   The process in which all or a portion of liquid (in a container) is turned into vapour, in order to increase the concentration of solid matter in the mixture.
3. •
   (no longer used) That which is evaporated; vapor.