évaporation
French → English
(physics) Evaporation: the physical process of a liquid changing into a gas or vapor
L’évaporation de l’eau au niveau des feuilles permet à la sève de monter.
(English) The evaporation of water at the leaf level allows the sap to rise.
Le séchage du sel marin repose sur l'évaporation naturelle de l'eau de mer sous le soleil.
(English) The drying of sea salt relies on the natural evaporation of seawater under the sun.
(figurative) Sudden disappearance: the complete and mysterious vanishing of a person or object; vanishing
L'évaporation soudaine du suspect a laissé les enquêteurs perplexes.
(English) The suspect's sudden disappearance left the investigators perplexed.
L'évaporation des clandestines est due à l'arrivée rapide du train en gare.
(English) The vanishing of the undocumented migrants is due to the rapid arrival of the train at the station.
Entry ID: fr:en:évaporation · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary