"transpiration" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-transpiration.wav [Southern-England] Forms: transpirations [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French transpiration, from Medieval Latin transpiratio, from transpiro, from Latin trans + spiro. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|transpiration}} Middle French transpiration, {{der|en|ML.|transpiratio}} Medieval Latin transpiratio, {{m|la|transpiro}} transpiro, {{der|en|la|trans}} Latin trans, {{m|la|spiro}} spiro Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} transpiration (countable and uncountable, plural transpirations)
  1. (botany) The loss of water by evaporation in terrestrial plants, especially through the stomata; accompanied by a corresponding uptake from the roots. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Botany Translations (botany: the loss of water by evaporation in terrestrial plants): 蒸騰 (Chinese Mandarin), 蒸腾 (zhēngténg) (Chinese Mandarin), transpiration [feminine] (French), transpiración [feminine] (Galician), διαπνοή (diapnoḯ) [feminine] (Greek), वाष्पोत्सर्जन (vāṣpotsarjan) [masculine] (Hindi), transpirasi (Malay), tōtārau (Maori), tukuwaitanga (Maori), halmansingaw (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-transpiration-en-noun-qfzyj7XN Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'botany: the loss of water by evaporation in terrestrial plants': 90 8 3
  2. (physiology) The process of giving off water vapour through the skin or mucous membranes. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Physiology, Liquids Translations (physiology: the process of giving off water vapour through the skin or mucous membranes): uitwaseming (Afrikaans), transpiration [feminine] (French), εφίδρωση (efídrosi) [feminine] (Greek), tukuwaitanga (Maori)
    Sense id: en-transpiration-en-noun-zW6sfcEA Disambiguation of Liquids: 40 52 9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 62 8 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 29 59 12 Topics: medicine, physiology, sciences Disambiguation of 'physiology: the process of giving off water vapour through the skin or mucous membranes': 7 90 3
  3. The passage of gases through fine tubes. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the passage of gases through fine tubes): ανάδοση (anádosi) [feminine] (Greek)
    Sense id: en-transpiration-en-noun-xDTQfWoT Disambiguation of 'the passage of gases through fine tubes': 3 3 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: evapotranspiration, hypertranspiration, transpirational Related terms: transpire

Inflected forms

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