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pervaporate

/pɜːvapəɹeɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
per-va-po-rate
IPA
/pɜːvapəɹeɪt/
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To evaporate through a semipermeable membrane, as a method of separating liquids.

Inflected Forms

pervaporates (present, singular) pervaporating (participle, present) pervaporated (participle, past) pervaporated (past)

Phrases

membrane distillation

Frequently Paired Words

pervaporation membrane distillation

Questions

How do you pronounce pervaporate?
The recorded pronunciation is /pɜːvapəɹeɪt/.
What does pervaporate mean?
To evaporate through a semipermeable membrane, as a method of separating liquids.

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