expiration
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -eɪʃǝn
[edit] Noun
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expiration (uncountable)
- The act of expiring
- The act or process of breathing out, or forcing air from the lungs through the nose or mouth; as, respiration consists of inspiration and expiration; -- opposed to inspiration.
- Emission of volatile matter; exhalation.
- The last emission of breath; death.
- A coming to a close; cessation; extinction; termination; end.
- That which is expired; matter breathed forth; that which is produced by breathing out, as a sound.
[edit] Translations
The act of expiring
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The act or process of breathing out, or forcing air from the lungs through the nose or mouth; as, respiration consists of inspiration and expiration
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Emission of volatile matter; exhalation
The last emission of breath; death
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A coming to a close; cessation; extinction; termination; end
That which is expired; matter breathed forth; that which is produced by breathing out
[edit] French
[edit] Etymology
From Latin exspiratio.
[edit] Noun
expiration f. (plural expirations)