Transpiration
31transpiration-cooled blades — A form of film cooling in which blades are cooled by transpiration. Transpiration is the process by which a body having a porous surface is cooled by the forced flow of coolant fluid through the surface from the interior. The cool air passes… …
32transpiration stream — noun or transpiration current : the current of water usually containing many substances in solution that rises through the xylem of plants …
33transpiration current — noun see transpiration stream …
34transpiration — noun Date: 15th century the act or process or an instance of transpiring; especially the passage of watery vapor from a living body (as of a plant) through a membrane or pores • transpirational adjective …
35transpiration — Loss of water vapour from land plants into the atmosphere, causing movement of water through the plant from the soil to the atmosphere via roots, shoot and leaves. Occurs mainly through the stomata …
36transpiration — noun a) The loss of water by evaporation in terrestrial plants, especially through the stomata; accompanied by a corresponding uptake from the roots. b) The process of giving off water vapour through the …
37transpiration — Passage of watery vapor through the skin or any membrane. SEE ALSO: insensible perspiration. [trans + L. spiro, pp. atus, to breathe] pulmonary t. the passage of water vapor from the blood into the air via the …
38transpiration — the loss of water from plants through the stomata in the leaves …
39transpiration — The process by which water absorbed by plants, usually through the roots, is evaporated into the atmosphere from the plant surface [6] …
40Transpiration — Svedafsondring, sved …
