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vaporisation

Definitions of vaporisation
  1. noun
    annihilation by vaporizing something
    synonyms: vaporization
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    type of:
    annihilation, obliteration
    destruction by annihilating something
  2. noun
    the process of becoming a vapor
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    types:
    boiling
    the application of heat to change something from a liquid to a gas
    clouding, clouding up
    the process whereby water particles become visible in the sky
    smoke, smoking
    a hot vapor containing fine particles of carbon being produced by combustion
    decoction mashing, decoction process
    (brewing) a process in which part of the mash is removed and boiled and then returned
    type of:
    phase change, phase transition, physical change, state change
    a change from one state (solid or liquid or gas) to another without a change in chemical composition
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