You use ~ to introduce an important result or consequence of the event or action you have just mentioned. (FORMAL)
Our bodies can sweat, ~ losing heat by evaporation...
= thus
ADV: ADV with cl
You use ~ to introduce an important result or consequence of the event or action you have just mentioned. (FORMAL)
Our bodies can sweat, ~ losing heat by evaporation...
= thus
ADV: ADV with cl
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012