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transpiration en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French transpiration, from Medieval Latin transpiratio, from transpiro, from Latin trans + spiro.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The loss of water by evaporation in terrestrial plants, especially through the stomata; accompanied by a corresponding uptake from the roots.
  2. (countable, uncountable) The process of giving off water vapour through the skin or mucous membranes.
  3. (countable, uncountable) The passage of gases through fine tubes.

Forms

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Deriveds

evapotranspiration · transpirational · hypertranspiration

Relateds

transpire

Translations (17)

pl pocenie się (physiology: the process of giving off water vapour through the skin or mucous membranes) · pl transpiracja (the passage of gases through fine tubes) · af uitwaseming (physiology: the process of giving off water vapour through the skin or mucous membranes) · mi tukuwaitanga (physiology: the process of giving off water vapour through the skin or mucous membranes) · tl halmansingaw (botany: the loss of water by evaporation in terrestrial plants) · el ανάδοση (the passage of gases through fine tubes) · mi tōtārau (botany: the loss of water by evaporation in terrestrial plants) · hi वाष्पोत्सर्जन (botany: the loss of water by evaporation in terrestrial plants) · gl transpiración (botany: the loss of water by evaporation in terrestrial plants) · fr transpiration (physiology: the process of giving off water vapour through the skin or mucous membranes) · el διαπνοή (botany: the loss of water by evaporation in terrestrial plants) · el εφίδρωση (physiology: the process of giving off water vapour through the skin or mucous membranes) · pl transpiracja (botany: the loss of water by evaporation in terrestrial plants) · cmn 蒸騰 /蒸腾 (botany: the loss of water by evaporation in terrestrial plants) · fr transpiration (botany: the loss of water by evaporation in terrestrial plants) · ms transpirasi (botany: the loss of water by evaporation in terrestrial plants) · mi tukuwaitanga (botany: the loss of water by evaporation in terrestrial plants)