Meaning & use
vaporization
The process by which a liquid or solid changes into a gas or vapor.
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Boiling water on the stove causes rapid vaporization as steam rises from the pot.
The lab measured how much heat the vaporization of the liquid required.
A note on using this word
Vaporization includes both evaporation, which happens gradually at any temperature, and boiling, which occurs rapidly at a substance's boiling point.
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