What is another word for transpiration?

Pronunciation: [tɹanspəɹˈe͡ɪʃən] (IPA)

Transpiration is a term generally used in the context of plants and refers to the process of water loss due to evaporation. Synonyms for this word might include desiccation, dehydration, or evapotranspiration. Desiccation pertains to the process of drying up or becoming extremely dry, while dehydration generally refers to a state of extreme water loss. Evapotranspiration is a term used to describe the combined process of both evaporation from soil and plant surfaces, as well as transpiration from plant leaves. Other potential synonyms might include moisture loss, water vapor release, or humidity reduction, depending on the context in which the term is being used.

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Usage examples for Transpiration

Again, these leaves having a power of keeping themselves cool by their own transpiration, they impart no heat to the air by contact.
"Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson"
Thomas Jefferson
"As the Egyptians always shaved their heads," says Dr. T. Robinson, "they could scarcely devise a better covering than the wig, which, while it protected them from the rays of the sun, allowed, from the texture of the article, the transpiration from the head to escape, which is not the case with the turban."
"England in the Days of Old"
William Andrews
It is a river that carries with it a thousand impurities; it discharges itself by perspiration, by transpiration, by all the secretions.
"A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 5 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version""
François-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire) Commentator: John Morley Tobias Smollett H.G. Leigh

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