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)
• Bulgarian: издишване (bg) (izdišvane) n

• Czech: výdech (cs) m
• Finnish: ekspiraatio, uloshengitys

Emission of volatile matter; exhalation

• Bulgarian: изтичане (bg) (iztičane) n

The last emission of breath; death

• Bulgarian: последно издихание (bg) (posledno izdihanie) n
• Finnish: viimeinen henkäys

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

• Bulgarian: изтичане (bg) (iztičane) n, свършване (bg) (svǎršvane) n
• 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