Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (3)
1.
the passage of gases through fine tubes because of differences in pressure or temperature;
2.
the process of giving off or exhaling water vapor through the skin or mucous membranes;
3.
the emission of water vapor from the leaves of plants;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Transpiration \Tran`spi*ra"tion\, n. [F. transpiration.]
1. (Physiol.) The act or process of transpiring or excreting
in the form of vapor; exhalation, as through the skin or
other membranes of the body; as, pulmonary transpiration,
or the excretion of aqueous vapor from the lungs.
Perspiration is a form of transpiration. --Cudworth.
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2. (bot.) The evaporation of water, or exhalation of aqueous
vapor, from cells and masses of tissue.
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3. (Physics) The passing of gases through fine tubes, porous
substances, or the like; as, transpiration through
membranes.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
transpiration
n 1: the passage of gases through fine tubes because of
differences in pressure or temperature
2: the process of giving off or exhaling water vapor through the
skin or mucous membranes
3: the emission of water vapor from the leaves of plants