expiration

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

Wikipedia expiration (uncountable)

1. The act of expiring
2. 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.
3. Emission of volatile matter; exhalation.
4. The last emission of breath; death.
5. A coming to a close; cessation; extinction; termination; end.
6. That which is expired; matter breathed forth; that which is produced by breathing out, as a sound.

Translations

The act of expiring

Czech: expirace (cs) f.

Finnish: erääntyminen, umpeutuminen

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

Afrikaans: uitasem (af) Czech: výdech (cs) m.

Finnish: ekspiraatio, uloshengitys

Emission of volatile matter; exhalation

The last emission of breath; death

Finnish: viimeinen henkäys

A coming to a close; cessation; extinction; termination; end

French: expiration (fr)

Greek: λήξη (el) (lixi) f.

That which is expired; matter breathed forth; that which is produced by breathing out

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French

Etymology

From Latin exspiratio.

Noun

expiration f. (plural expirations)

1. expiration