What is "vaporific"

Vaporific \Vap`o*rif"ic\, a. [L. vapor vapor + facere to make.] (Chem.) Producing vapor; tending to pass, or to cause to pass, into vapor; thus, volatile fluids are vaporific; heat is a vaporific agent.

a. (context chemistry English) Producing vapour; tending to pass, or to cause to pass, into vapor.

1. adj. used of substances [syn: evaporable, vaporizable, volatilizable, volatilisable]

2. resembling or characteristic of vapor; "vaporous clouds" [syn: vaporish, vapourish, vaporous]