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EXHALATION
exhalation, expiration, breathing out
(noun) the act of expelling air from the lungs
halitus, exhalation
(noun) exhaled breath
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
exhalation (countable and uncountable, plural exhalations)
The act or process of exhaling; breathing out
That which is exhaled, or which rises in the form of vapor, fume, or steam
A bright phenomenon; a meteor.
Source: Wiktionary
Ex`ha*la"tion, n. Etym: [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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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