英和和英

語源

From off- +‎ gas.

名詞

off-gas (countable and uncountable, plural off-gases or off-gasses)

1. (manufacturing) Gas produced as a side effect of a chemical reaction, sometimes hazardous.

動詞

off-gas (third-person singular simple present off-gasses or off-gases, present participle off-gassing, simple past and past participle off-gassed)

1. (of a solid or liquid) To emit gases, especially noxious ones.
   • 2004, Old-House Journal, page 86:

     Since solvent-based paints can off-gas for a long time as they dry, when trapped in a tightly sealed building they can contribute to an unhealthy cocktail of chemicals in the air.

同意語

• outgas

下位語

• desorption

アナグラム

• sag off