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Vinony

exhalation

noun

  1. flow of the respiratory current out of an organism
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˌɛkshəˈleɪ̯ʃən/ / [ˌɛkshəˈleɪ̯ʃən] ~ [ˌɛkshəˈleɪ̯ʃn̩]

noun

Etymology: From Latin exhālātiō, from exhālō (“to breathe out, to exhale”), from hālō (“to breathe”). Equivalent to exhale + -ation.

  1. The act or process of exhaling; breathing out

    “short exhalations of breath”

  2. That which is exhaled, or which rises in the form of vapor, fume, or steam

    “exhalations from the earth or flowers”

    “1894, Ivan Dexter, Talmud: A Strange Narrative of Central Australia, published in serial form in Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA), Chapter II, http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks16/1600641.txt For a week the party watched the flood, and each day it receded to a considerable extent. A thick deposit of mud was left behind, but though the sun shone out warmly no offensive exhalations arose.”

  3. A bright phenomenon; a meteor.