off-gassing

See also: offgassing

English

Alternative forms

Verb

off-gassing

  1. present participle and gerund of off-gas

Noun

off-gassing (usually uncountable, plural off-gassings)

  1. Emission of fumes, especially noxious.
    • 2009, Thomas Hirsch, Air and Your Health: Clean Air Is Vital to Your Health, page 46:
      Not only are the formaldehyde off-gassings from treated cotton or treated synthetic fiber inhaled by breathing in close proximity to the sheets and pillowcases, but skin contact with such off-gassings can produce clothing dermatitis.
    • 2011, Materiality and Interior Construction, page 253:
      It is 100 percent paint as there is virtually no evaporation and therefore no off-gassing.
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