evaporativeadj.
/ɪˈvapərətɪv/ a. Pertaining to or producing evaporation.
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the world > matter > gas > becoming or making into gas > [adjective] > connected with or producing vaporization > relating to or producing evaporation
evaporative1668
1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. 341.
a1834 S. T. Coleridge Lit. Remains (1836) II. 371 The evaporation..froze the fluid at the two ends, that is, at a given distance from the greatest intensity of the evaporative process.
1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 7 Dec. 12/1 The average evaporative power of petroleum was found to be 9·82 lbs. of water per lb. of fuel.
b. evaporative cooling n. the cooling (of an engine) in which the heat is removed by the evaporation of a liquid coolant.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > [noun] > cooling
water cooling1851
evaporative cooling1931
sweat cooling1948
1931 A. H. R. Fedden in Handbk. Aeronaut. (Royal Aeronaut. Soc.) vi. 450 The commonest methods of maintaining the cylinder temperatures within reasonable limits are by water cooling, air cooling, evaporative cooling and liquid cooling.
1934 Aircraft Engineering Nov. 290/3 In a system working on the evaporative cooling principle the water is introduced into the engine jackets at..boiling point.
Draft additions 1993
eˈvaporatively adv. by means of evaporation.
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the world > matter > gas > becoming or making into gas > [adverb] > by way of evaporation
transpirately1578
evaporatively1959
1959 N. C. Harris Mod. Air Conditioning Pract. xvii. 353 Evaporatively cooled air is nearly saturated as it comes off the cooler.
1986 J. R. Watt Evaporative Air Conditioning Handbk. (ed. 2) i. 5 Old homes and buildings in Iran are frequently cooled evaporatively.
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