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degassing

degassing is the present participle and gerund of degas.

Meaning of degas

Verb

degas (third-person singular simple present degases or degasses, present participle degassing, simple past and past participle degassed)

  1. (transitive) To remove the gas from.
    • Near-synonyms: deaerate, deair
    Synonyms:
    degasify, deaerate, deair

Noun

degassing (countable and uncountable, plural degassings)

  1. The process of removing gas.

Forms of degassing

pluraldegassings

Questions about degassing

What does degassing mean?
Degassing means the process of removing gas.
What is degassing the present participle and gerund of?
Degassing is the present participle and gerund of degas.
What part of speech is degassing?
Degassing is a noun.
What is the plural of degassing?
The plural of degassing is degassings.

Words near degassing in the dictionary

  1. degasifying
  2. degassed
  3. degasser
  4. degassers
  5. degasses
  6. degassing
  7. degate
  8. degated
  9. degates
  10. degating
  11. degauss

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Adapted from Wiktionary: degassing (page history and authors); degas (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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