avolation

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin āvolātiō (flying away), or formed directly from avolate +‎ -ation.

Noun

avolation (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Evaporation; dissipation into the air.
    • 1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia, section XXXII:
      Now, this to me, seems not likely to proceed from any other cause than the avolation of the juice through the skin […].

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