TRANSUDATION

exudation, transudation

(noun) the process of exuding; the slow escape of liquids from blood vessels through pores or breaks in the cell membranes

transudate, transudation

(noun) a substance that transudes

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

transudation (countable and uncountable, plural transudations)

the process of passing through a membrane, pore or interstice

Source: Wiktionary


Tran`su*da"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. transsudation.]

1. The act or process of transuding.

2. (Physics)

Definition: Same as Exosmose.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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GUILLOTINE

(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”


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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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