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transpiration
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun transpiration has 3 senses
- transpiration(n = noun.process) Array - the passage of gases through fine tubes because of differences in pressure or temperature; Array is a kind of action, activity, natural action, natural process
- transpiration(n = noun.process) Array - the process of giving off or exhaling water vapor through the skin or mucous membranes; Array is a kind of activity, bodily function, bodily process, body process
- transpiration(n = noun.process) Array - the emission of water vapor from the leaves of plants; Array is a kind of biological process, organic process
Derived form verb transpire1
Derived form verb transpire5
Derived form verb transpire2
CIDE DICTIONARY
transpiration, n. [F. transpiration.].
- The act or process of transpiring or excreting in the form of vapor; exhalation, as through the skin or other membranes of the body; as, pulmonary transpiration, or the excretion of aqueous vapor from the lungs. Perspiration is a form of transpiration. Cudworth. [1913 Webster]
- The evaporation of water, or exhalation of aqueous vapor, from cells and masses of tissue. [1913 Webster]
- The passing of gases through fine tubes, porous substances, or the like; as, transpiration through membranes. [1913 Webster]
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