a. [f. EVAPORATE v. + -IVE; cf. Fr. évaporatif, -ive, late L. ēvapōrātīv-us.] Pertaining to or producing evaporation.
1668. Wilkins, Real Char., 341.
1823. Coleridge, Rem. (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.
