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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Perspiration  \Per`spi*ra"tion\,  n.  [Cf.  F.  perspiration.] 
  1.  The  act  or  process  of  perspiring. 
 
  2.  That  which  is  excreted  through  the  skin;  sweat. 
 
  Note:  A  man  of  average  weight  throws  off  through  the  skin 
  during  24  hours  about  18  ounces  of  water,  300  grains  of 
  solid  matter,  and  400  grains  of  carbonic  acid  gas. 
  Ordinarily,  this  constant  exhalation  is  not  apparent, 
  and  the  excretion  is  then  termed  insensible 
  perspiration. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  perspiration 
  n  :  salty  fluid  secreted  by  sweat  glands;  "sweat  poured  off  his 
  brow"  [syn:  {sweat},  {diaphoresis},  {sudor},  {hidrosis}, 
  {water}] 




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