Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act or process of vaporizing; the artificial formation of vapor, or the state of being converted into vapor; treatment with vapor. Also spelled vaporisation.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The act or process of vaporizing, or the state of being converted into vapor; the artificial formation of vapor; specifically, the conversion of water into steam, as in a steam boiler.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A conversion of a solid or a liquid into a gas.
  • noun A destruction of something by turning it into vapor.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the process of becoming a vapor
  • noun annihilation by vaporizing something

Etymologies

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vapor +‎ -ization

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Examples

  • As said above: It’s called vaporizer … en. wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaporizer (Yes, a Wikilink * duh*) Several scientific studies have been done showing that vaporization is a means of cannabis delivery less injurious to health than smoking.

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  • The conversion of liquid to gas is called vaporization or evaporation (Figure 3).

    Solids, liquids, and gases 2009

  • Extra CO2 leads to extra IR at the surface, which evaporates more water, which ROBS the surface of the energy for vaporization, which is a NEGATIVE feedback at the surface and LOWERS surface temperature.

    Water Vapor Feedback « Climate Audit 2007

  • You want gasoline to be as cold as possible, diesel needs to auto ignite warming it leads to increased vaporization, which is not good, once a diesel engine is warm it doesn’t really matter what temp the fuel is

    Sustainable Design Update » Blog Archive » “A 330 mpg car for everyone” 2007

  • Experienced vape users say that each vaporizer type provides a different kind of vaporization experience.

    LJWorld.com stories: News 2010

  • "We continually have to adjust for some kind of 'vaporization' effect with respect to our write-offs."

    Fool.com: The Motley Fool 2009

  • A small group whose organizing principle is hatred of Americans could concoct a lethal brew of pathogens in a basement laboratory and stealthily disperse it through a vaporization machine in the back of a pickup truck, killing tens of thousands in a major American city.

    Dorian de Wind: Will Bin Laden's "Dead Hand" Reach Out From Its Watery Grave? Dorian de Wind 2011

  • The solution was to accomplish one part of the process in one primordial puddle of a certain chemical composition, then after some intermediate steps of vaporization and condensation, complete the process in another primordial puddle of a complementary chemical composition.

    BioLogos Reviews "Signature in the Cell" 2009

  • As the water levels declined and the vaporization increased, the radiation dose rate above the pool would increase.

    Marvin Resnikoff: Conflicting Stories Surround Fukushima Fuel Pool #4 Marvin Resnikoff 2011

  • We're looking at the vaporization of California's social fabric, something we supposedly care a lot about it in Afghanistan.

    2010 Midterms: Jobs vs. Wars in California 2010

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