Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Capable of being vaporized or converted into vapor. Also spelled vaporisable.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Capable of being vaporized, or converted into vapor.

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  • adjective Capable of being vaporized.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective (used of substances) capable of being volatilized

Etymologies

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vaporize +‎ -able

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Examples

  • Claim 1 - "A microelectromechanical resonator comprising: a microelectromechanical resonant structure characterized by a mass and one or more selectively doped regions; a vaporizable material for altering the mass of the resonant structure."

    Archive 2006-10-01 Peter Zura 2006

  • The hot springs and volcanoes work swiftly and directly, and return the water, the carbon dioxide, and a host of other vaporizable and soluble and fusible substances to the realm of solar activity, to the living surface zone of the earth.

    Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography Nathaniel Southgate Shaler 1873

  • Now, thallium is a much more fusible and vaporizable metal than silver; and its vapour facilitates the passage of the electricity to such a degree, as to render the current almost incompetent to vaporize the more refractory silver.

    Six Lectures on Light Delivered In The United States In 1872-1873 John Tyndall 1856

  • Our Patent Pending, odorless cigarette-style electronic device utilizes a liquefied, vaporizable depot of a raw, unmanipulated extract of tobacco.

    Digital50.com Digital 50 Daily Industry News RSS Feed 2009

  • Our Patent Pending, odorless cigarette-style electronic device utilizes a liquefied, vaporizable depot of a raw, unmanipulated extract of tobacco.

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