stripping

Etymology

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of strip

noun

  1. The act of one who strips.
    1879, Herbert Spencer, Principles of Sociology Volume II Part IV: Ceremonial Institutions The mutual bows and courtesies […] are remants of the original prostrations and strippings of the captive.
    Never were cows that required such stripping. 1863, Elizabeth Gaskell, Sylvia's Lovers
  2. (chemistry, engineering) A physical separation process where one or more components are removed from a liquid stream by a vapor stream

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