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vaporization

[ vey-per-uh-zey-shuhn ]

noun

  1. the act of vaporizing.
  2. the state of being vaporized.
  3. the rapid change of water into steam, especially in a boiler.
  4. Medicine/Medical. a vapor therapy.


vaporization

  1. In physics and chemistry , the conversion of a solid or a liquid into a gas . ( See boiling point , phases of matter , and sublimation .)
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of vaporization1

First recorded in 1790–1800; vapor + -ization
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His apocalypse prediction was delivered sans despair or even humor but, rather, in a casual “smoke ‘em if you got ‘em†tone of someone who’s way past the freaking out stage of accepting imminent vaporization.

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Many of these skeletons were contracted in a rigid “boxer position,†which is characteristic of rapid death by vaporization or dehydration.

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Around 20 other belt-bound objects seen shedding mass — possibly because of comet-like periodic ice vaporization, wild spinning or recent impacts by asteroids — are considered candidates to be comets.

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The massive vaporization of thousands of tons of geological material caused the surface layers to collapse, creating hundreds of deep subsidence craters.

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That vaporization and the sooty deposits the fat subsequently leaves on the burger’s surface are essential to the flavor of char-grilled foods, but less trapped fat also means drier burgers.

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