transpiration

1. 1.

   the passage of gases through fine tubes because of differences in pressure or temperature

   Broadernatural process
2. 2.

   the process of giving off or exhaling water vapor through the skin or mucous membranes

   Broaderbodily process
3. 3.

   the emission of water vapor from the leaves of plants

   Broaderorganic process

Other forms of transpiration

plural

transpirations·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about transpiration

What does transpiration mean?

transpiration means "the passage of gases through fine tubes because of differences in pressure or temperature". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in transpiration?

transpiration has 5 syllables: tran-spi-ra-ti-on. The stress falls on "ti".

Is transpiration a common word?

transpiration is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.