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Vaporization

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Definition: Vaporization is the transition of matter from a solid or liquid phase into a gaseous (or vapor) phase. Water boiling into steam is an example of vaporization.

Sublimation is the more specific name for the vaporization directly from the solid phase to the gaseous phase.

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