outgassing
outgassing noun: the slow release of gas from a solid or liquid; especially, the release of gases into the atmosphere of a planet, or the release of gases from plastic parts. Also the present participle and gerund of outgas.
Noun
outgassing (countable and uncountable, plural outgassings)
- The slow release of gas from a solid or liquid; especially, the release of gases into the atmosphere of a planet, or the release of gases from plastic parts.
- A major component of new-car smell is outgassing by plastic interior parts.
- A sudden out-gassing of methane from the seabed sends up a giant bubble that lowers water density at the sea surface so much that a ship is no longer buoyant and sinks like a stone down a mineshaft.2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, page 233
Also used as
outgassing is also the present participle and gerund of outgas.
outgassing meaning in Arabic
outgassing in Arabic
- slow release of gas
- إِطْلَاق الغَازَات ʔiṭlāq al-ḡāzāt
Forms of outgassing
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Questions about outgassing
- What does outgassing mean?
- Outgassing means the slow release of gas from a solid or liquid; especially, the release of gases into the atmosphere of a planet, or the release of gases from plastic parts.
- What is outgassing in Arabic?
- Outgassing in Arabic is إِطْلَاق الغَازَات (ʔiṭlāq al-ḡāzāt). See Outgassing meaning in Arabic.
- What part of speech is outgassing?
- Outgassing is a noun.
- What is the plural of outgassing?
- The plural of outgassing is outgassings.
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