vaporation

CIDE DICTIONARY

vaporation, n. [Cf. F. vaporation, L. vaporatio.].

 The act or process of converting into vapor, or of passing off in vapor; evaporation.  [1913 Webster]

ROGET THESAURUS

vaporation

Vaporization

N vaporization, volatilization, gasification, evaporation, vaporation, distillation, cupellation, cohobation, sublimination, exhalation, volatility, vaporizer, still, retort, fumigation, steaming, bay salt, chloride of sodium, mister, spray, bubble, effervescence, ', volatilized, reeking, volatile, evaporable, vaporizable, bubbly, effervescent, boiling, Specific Fluids.