Evaporations

/ˌɛvəpəˈreɪʃənz/ noun

Definition

The plural form of evaporation; multiple instances or types of the process by which liquids turn into vapor and escape into the air.

Etymology

The plural of 'evaporation,' itself from Latin 'evaporare' (e- + vapor), with the suffix '-tion' creating a noun. The plural form allows discussion of multiple evaporation events or processes.

Kelly Says

Meteorologists track different types of evaporations—from water bodies, from soil, from plants (called transpiration when combined)—because understanding all these processes is essential to predicting weather and climate change.

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