MEANING
To release gas that was dissolved, absorbed, or trapped in a material.
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Words that belong together
- materials outgas
- outgas in a vacuum
On the page
The seal began to outgas when the pressure dropped inside the test chamber.
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Word forms
- Base
- outgas
- Past tense
- outgassed
- Past participle
- outgassed
- Present participle
- outgassing
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- outgas
- Present continuous
- am/is/are outgassing
- Present perfect
- have/has outgassed
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been outgassing
- Past
- outgassed
- Past continuous
- was/were outgassing
- Past perfect
- had outgassed
- Past perfect continuous
- had been outgassing
- Future
- will outgas
- Future continuous
- will be outgassing
- Future perfect
- will have outgassed
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been outgassing
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Usage notes
Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: outgas; outgasses; outgassed; outgassed; outgassing Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description, setting. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: outgasses.
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