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exhalation

[ eks-huh-ley-shuhn, ek-suh- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

exhalation

/ ĕks′hə-lā′shən /

The act of breathing out air. During exhalation, the diaphragm relaxes and moves upward, causing compression of the lungs and an outward flow of air.
Also called expiration
Compare inhalation

1350–1400; Middle English exalacion < Latin exhālātiōn- (stem of exhālātiō ). See exhale, -ation

Then the west wind, which had held its breath so long, broke loose with unrestrained exhalation.

She looked about—there was so much to look at—with a deep exhalation.

Money seemed to flow from the ground; vast fortunes 'rose like an exhalation,' as your Milton says.

They are hurtful because they lessen the exhalation of carbonic anhydride from the lungs.

But there was a terribly damp and earthy exhalation about it, which suggested an unpleasant sensation of being entombed alive.

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