evaporative cooling

noun

The cooling of a liquid due to the removal of the faster-moving molecules by evaporation from its surface

Meanings

nounevaporative cooling (countable and uncountable, plural evaporative coolings)

plural evaporative coolings

  1. countableuncountablenatural sciencesThe cooling of a liquid due to the removal of the faster-moving molecules by evaporation from its surface
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