Definition of "outgas" [outgas]

• To remove embedded gas from (a solid), as by heating or reducing the pressure. (verb-transitive)
• To lose gas, as from a solid. (verb-intransitive)

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• "That means waiting a least a few weeks after launch, to let all the water vapor from Florida outgas from the material insider the instrument."
• "The bare surfaces often "outgas," or emit fumes from chemicals used in the particleboard."
• "The really crappy thing about it though is that the DVDs are supposed to "outgas" as they decompose, and therefore they at least seems to me are a risk to the sensitive electronics in your DVD player."