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Pronunciation varies by accent · 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..
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%.
Use outgassing when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
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..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
A major component of new-car smell is outgassing by plastic interior parts.
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