Meaning of outgassing | Babel Free

Definitions

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.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“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%.”

CEFR level