| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Evaporation rate | Administration | The quantity of water which evaporates from a given surface per unit of time, usually expressed in inches or depth per day, month, or year. (references) | |
| Evaporation rate | Aerospace | 1. The mass of material evaporated per unit from unit surface of a liquid or solid.2. The number of molecules of a given substance evaporated per second per square centimeter from the free surface of the condensed phase. (references) | |
| Maximum evaporation rate | Aerospace | The maximum rate at which molecules could emerge from a surface, deduced from measurements of saturated vapor pressure at the same temperature. Also called Knudsen rate of evaporation or Langmuir rate of evaporation. (references) | |
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