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transpiration Definition

tran·spi·ra·tion (tran′spə rā′s̸hən)

noun

the act or process of transpiring; specif., the giving off of moisture, etc. through the pores of the skin or through the surface of leaves and other parts of plants

Etymology: ML transpiratio

transpiration Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • reduce: Spinifex has long growth which reduces transpiration in strong winds these are the first plants to colonize the sand dunes.
  • call: The plants soak up moisture from the soil, then give the moisture back into the air through a process called transpiration.
  • prevent: They don't have a thick, waxy cuticle that prevents transpiration.
  • include: Symptoms include reduced root growth, and inhibition of various physiological processes including transpiration, respiration and photosynthesis.

Adjective modifier

  • excessive: To prevent wind rock or excessive transpiration trim the leaves by about half.

Modifies a noun

  • stream: The flow of water up the plant is called the transpiration stream.
  • rate: The more active the plant is, the greater the transpiration rate.
  • efficiency: Much current scientific effort is targeted at understanding the genotypic component of the transpiration efficiency of individual plants.
  • loss: Once the cuttings are inserted into the soil, I trim the remaining leaves in half to cut down on transpiration loss.

Noun used with modifier

  • plant: Comparison is also being made with a separate 50-year control run of the same model which did not include a plant transpiration term.
  • surface: Surface transpiration along a few regularly spaced sections of the bottom wall is used to control the flow.

Preposition: in

  • plant: How does colored light and light intensity affect the rate of transpiration in plants?

Preposition: of

  • water: Scrub also has a drying effect on the area due to transpiration of water through the leaves.