transpiration
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.
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