vaporise
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.50 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Overheating of the secondary winding had vaporised the circulating oil in the transformer tank and the vapour had passed into the conservator tank, which was not adequately vented to the atmosphere; increasing internal pressure then lifted the tank cover, allowing vapour to escape."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *kwapōs Latin vapor Old French vapeurder. Old French vaporbor. Middle English vapour English vapor English -ise English vaporise From vapor + -ise.
Usage
- British usage