transpiration — meaning in English
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English meaning
- perspiration noun Sweat, or the process of sweating.
- sweat noun The salty liquid released through the skin, usually from heat, exercise, or stress.
- sweating noun The process of releasing sweat through the skin, usually to cool the body.
- transpiration noun The process by which plants lose water vapour into the air, mainly through tiny pores called stomata on the underside of their leaves.
Senses
transpiration is used for these senses in English:
- perspiration The action or process of perspiring.
- sweat Fluid that exits the body through pores in the skin usually due to physical stress and/or high temperature for the purpose of regulating body temperature and removing certain compounds from the circulation.
- sweating The production and evaporation of a watery fluid called sweat that is excreted by the sweat glands in the skin of mammals.
sweat — full definition
- noun The salty liquid released through the skin, usually from heat, exercise, or stress.
- noun Hard physical or mental effort.
- verb To release sweat, typically from heat or exertion.
- verb To worry anxiously about something.