Meaning of EXHALATION
| Pronunciation: | | `eks`hu'leyshun
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- [n] the act of expelling air from the lungs
- [n] exhaled breath
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| | Synonyms: | | breathing out, expiration, halitus |
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| | See Also: | | blow, breath, breath, breathing, cough, coughing, external respiration, halitosis, huffing, puff, puffing, respiration, snorting, ventilation, wind | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ex`ha*la"tion\, n. [L. exhalatio: cf. F. exhalaison,
exhalation.]
1. The act or process of exhaling, or sending forth in the
form of steam or vapor; evaporation.
2. That which is exhaled, or which rises in the form of
vapor, fume, or steam; effluvium; emanation; as,
exhalations from the earth or flowers, decaying matter,
etc.
Ye mists and exhalations, that now rise From hill or
steaming lake. --Milton.
3. A bright phenomenon; a meteor.
I shall fall Like a bright exhalation in the
evening. --Shak.
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| | Related Terms: | | air, breath, effluvium, emanation, emission, evaporation, exhaust, expiration, fog, fume, gas, mist, puff, respiration, steam, suspiration, vapor, whiff |
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