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noun
The loss of water by evaporation in terrestrial plants, especially through the stomata; accompanied by a corresponding uptake from the roots.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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noun
The process of giving off water vapour through the skin or mucous membranes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, physiology, sciences
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noun
The passage of gases through fine tubes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
the emission of water vapor from the leaves of plants
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: organic process, biological process
noun
the passage of gases through fine tubes because of differences in pressure or temperature
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: natural process, natural action, action, activity
noun
the process of giving off or exhaling water vapor through the skin or mucous membranes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: bodily process, body process, bodily function, activity
History
Borrowed from Middle French transpiration, from Medieval Latin transpiratio, from transpiro, from Latin trans + spiro.
Across languages
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
