Outgassing
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Outgassing is a noun meaning present participle and gerund of outgas.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of outgas.
More Meanings
- 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.
Example Sentences
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.
Zeona has a thin atmosphere of sulfur dioxide and trioxide, created by volcanic outgassing. There are traces of water vapor in the atmosphere, but over the last five centuries of observation particle counts have decreased 4%.
Word Forms
- outgassings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include leaking, absconding, outgas, offgassing, off-gassing, venting.
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