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to transpirate

to transpirate

9.9
To pass through small holes or spaces in a material, like water vapor through leaves
  • verb
  • /trænˈspɪrɪt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : transpirar
  • Plants transpirate water through their leaves.

Examples

  • Water vapor can transpirate through the leaf tissues into the atmosphere.

  • Certain chemicals are able to transpirate from soil into the surrounding air.

  • The process allows oxygen to transpirate through semipermeable membranes in laboratory experiments.

  • Why do trees transpirate so much during summer?

  • Water vapor can transpirate through the leaf tissues into the atmosphere.

  • The process allows oxygen to transpirate through semipermeable membranes in laboratory experiments.

  • Certain chemicals are able to transpirate from soil into the surrounding air.

Synonyms

to transpire
vsto transpirate
  • Specialized
1 8.3

To pass liquid or gas through the small holes in a material

focuses on gases or vapors released by transpiration rather than liquids
to transude
vsto transpirate
9.9

To pass slowly through a surface and come out as small drops

describes gas or vapor movement through pores rather than droplet release

How Permeable

to permeate
24 6.0
to diffuse
40 5.5
to transpirate
  • Specialized
9.9
to seep
82 2.7

Surface Forms

transpirate infinitive
transpirated past
transpirated past participle
transpirating present participle
transpirates third person singular

Morphology

transpirate = transpire (transparent) = transpire + ate

The verb is formed by adding the productive suffix '-ate' to the known verb 'transpire', and the meaning (to emit/allow passage of vapor) is directly derived from that base.

Etymology

Transpirate comes from the parts trans- 'across' and spirare 'to breathe', so it means 'to breathe across' a surface. That's why transpirate is used for a gas or vapor that passes through tiny holes or plant tissues.