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Definition of Evaporable
1. Adjective. (used of substances) capable of being volatilized.
Similar to: Volatile
Derivative terms: Vaporize, Vaporize, Volatilise, Volatilize
Definition of Evaporable
1. a. Capable of being converted into vapor, or dissipated by evaporation.
Definition of Evaporable
1. Adjective. capable of evaporation ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Evaporable
Literary usage of Evaporable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Gas Analyst's Manual by F. W. Hartley, Jacques Abady (1902)
"It is proposed in this chapter to describe means of checking the commercial value
of light oils or evaporable hydrocarbons used for gas enrichment, ..."
2. Philosophical Transactions by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1791)
"... which is brought to Incandesce nee, cannot contain any evaporable water; and
if that body has fuch a mafs, as to be capable of ..."
3. Select Reviews of Literature, and Spirit of Foreign Magazines edited by Enos Bronson (1809)
"When exposed to heat, as we see it every day in our grates, it is manifestly
composed of a fixed base of carbonaceous matter, and a variety of evaporable ..."
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