Exhalable
//ɛksˈ(h)eɪləbəl// adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Capable of being exhaled or evaporated.
"the great rapidity , with which the wheels that serve to cut and polish diamonds must be moved , excites a great degree of heat in the stone ; whereby , perhaps , it loses its exhalable matter so plentifully"
Example
More examples"the great rapidity , with which the wheels that serve to cut and polish diamonds must be moved , excites a great degree of heat in the stone ; whereby , perhaps , it loses its exhalable matter so plentifully"
Etymology
From exhale + -able.
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