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outgassing en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The slow release of gas from a solid or liquid; especially, the release of gases into the atmosphere of a planet, or the release of gases from plastic parts.
   • Zeona has a thin atmosphere of sulfur dioxide and trioxide, created by volcanic outgassing. There are traces of water vapor in the atmosphere, but over the last five centuries of observation particle counts have decreased 4%. 2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Zeona, Elysta System:
   • A sudden out-gassing of methane from the seabed sends up a giant bubble that lowers water density at the sea surface so much that a ship is no longer buoyant and sinks like a stone down a mineshaft. 2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, page 233:
   • A major component of new-car smell is outgassing by plastic interior parts.

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Relateds

volatile organic compound

Translations (5)

ga sceitheadh gáis (slow release of gas) · fi kaasun purkautuminen (slow release of gas) · ar إِطْلَاق الغَازَات (slow release of gas) · de Ausgasen (slow release of gas) · fr dégazage (slow release of gas)

outgassing en · VERB

Meanings

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of outgas
   form of outgas