transpiration

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: tran=spi=ra=tion

CIDE DICTIONARY

transpiration, n. [F. transpiration.].

•  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.  [1913 Webster]
•  The evaporation of water, or exhalation of aqueous vapor, from cells and masses of tissue.  [1913 Webster]
•  The passing of gases through fine tubes, porous substances, or the like; as, transpiration through membranes.  [1913 Webster]