"boiloff" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1970, Lawrence William Jones, Toward a Liquid Hydrogen Fuel Economy, page 11:",
          "text": "One would not be able to return from an extended holiday and drive off in the family car in view of the boiloff from even the best insulated tank.",
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          "ref": "1991, Verne Carlson, Sylvia Carlson, Professional Lighting Handbook, page 209:",
          "text": "\"Boiloff\" of the tungsten from the filament that adheres to the inside of a tungsten-standard bulb blade",
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          "ref": "1994, R. D. Langenkamp, Handbook of Oil Industry Terms and Phrases, page 40:",
          "text": "BOILOFF The vaporization or gasification of liquefied natural gas […]. Boiloff occurs when the holding vessel's insulation fails to maintain the temperature to keep the gas in liquid form.",
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        "The vaporization of a liquid (or solid) whose boiling point is lower than that of the environment in which it is stored."
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