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Transpiration
Transpiration Tran`spi*ra"tion, n. [F. transpiration.]
1. (Physiol.) The act or process of transpiring or excreting
in the form of vapor; exhalation, as through the skin or
other membranes of the body; as, pulmonary transpiration,
or the excretion of aqueous vapor from the lungs.
Perspiration is a form of transpiration. --Cudworth.
2. (bot.) The evaporation of water, or exhalation of aqueous
vapor, from cells and masses of tissue.
3. (Physics) The passing of gases through fine tubes, porous
substances, or the like; as, transpiration through
membranes.
Meaning of Transpiration from wikipedia
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Transpiration is the
process of
water movement through a
plant and its
evaporation from
aerial parts, such as leaves,
stems and flowers. It is a p****ive...
- via osmosis. Consequently,
transpiration requires the
plant to
expend very
little energy on
water movement.
Transpiration ****ists the
plant in absorbing...
- In plants, the
transpiration stream is the
uninterrupted stream of
water and
solutes which is
taken up by the
roots and
transported via the
xylem to the...
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Transpiration cooling is a
thermodynamic process where cooling is
achieved by a
process of
moving a
liquid or a gas
through the wall of a
structure to...
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balancing gravity. When
transpiration removes water at the top, the flow is
needed to
return to the equilibrium.
Transpirational pull
results from the evaporation...
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Thermal transpiration (or
thermal diffusion)
refers to the
thermal force on a gas due to a
temperature difference.
Thermal transpiration causes a flow...
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Transpirational cooling is the
cooling provided as
plants transpire water.
Excess heat
generated from
solar radiation is
damaging to
plant cells and thermal...
- atmosphere. The
processes that
drive these movements are evaporation,
transpiration, condensation, precipitation, sublimation, infiltration,
surface runoff...
- then
evaporates from
their shoots and leaves; this
process is
known as
transpiration. If
placed in a dry environment, a
typical mesophytic plant would evaporate...
- the
water lost
through transpiration. The
causes of
water uptake are
photosynthesis and
transpiration. The rate of
transpiration can be
estimated in two...
