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Blend of permeation + evaporation.
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Today it means: A technique whereby the components of a mixture of two liquids are separated by selective permeation through a semipermeable membrane, the component that passes through the membrane being removed by evaporation Full definition →
Blend of permeation + evaporation.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.