transpiration
IPA: trænspɝˈeɪʃʌn
noun
- (botany) The loss of water by evaporation in terrestrial plants, especially through the stomata; accompanied by a corresponding uptake from the roots.
- (physiology) The process of giving off water vapour through the skin or mucous membranes.
- The passage of gases through fine tubes.
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Examples of "transpiration" in Sentences
- Another nice example is transpiration.
- Transpiration cools the air due to evaporation.
- It can cause soils to dry out by transpiration.
- Transpiration is a process similar to evaporation.
- Cohesion, transpirational pull, capillarity, root pressure.
- It's not condensation, but transpiration that is being used here.
- This is the f information on transpiration and stomatal behaviour.
- It is also used to replace water lost during transpiration and photosynthesis.
- The duel effects of evaporation and transpiration is called evapotranspiration.
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