What does exhalation mean?

Definitions for exhalation
ˌɛks həˈleɪ ʃən, ˌɛk sə-ex·ha·la·tion

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. halitus, exhalationnoun

    exhaled breath

  2. exhalation, expiration, breathing outnoun

    the act of expelling air from the lungs

Wiktionary

  1. exhalationnoun

    The act or process of exhaling, or sending forth in the form of steam or vapor; evaporation.

  2. exhalationnoun

    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.

  3. exhalationnoun

    A bright phenomenon; a meteor.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Exhalationnoun

    Etymology: exhalatio, Latin.

    No nat’ral exhalation in the sky,
    No ’scape of nature, no distemper’d day,
    But they will pluck away its nat’ral cause,
    And call them meteors, prodigies, and signs,
    Abortives, and presages, tongues of heav’n
    Plainly denouncing vengeance upon John. William Shakespeare, King John.

    While moving in so high a sphere, and with so vigorous a lustre, he must needs, as the sun, raise many envious exhalations; which, condensed by a popular odium, are capable to cast a cloud upon the brightest merit and integrity. Charles I .

    Anon, out of the earth, a fabrick huge
    Rose like an exhalation, with the sound
    Of dulcet symphonies and voices sweet. John Milton, Par. Lost.

    It is no wonder if the earth be often shaken, there being quantities of exhalations within those mines, or cavernous passages, that are capable of rarefaction and inflammation. Burn.

    The growing tow’rs like exhalations rise,
    And the huge columns heave into the skies. Alexander Pope.

Wikipedia

  1. Exhalation

    Exhalation (or expiration) is the flow of the breath out of an organism. In animals, it is the movement of air from the lungs out of the airways, to the external environment during breathing. This happens due to elastic properties of the lungs, as well as the internal intercostal muscles which lower the rib cage and decrease thoracic volume. As the thoracic diaphragm relaxes during exhalation it causes the tissue it has depressed to rise superiorly and put pressure on the lungs to expel the air. During forced exhalation, as when blowing out a candle, expiratory muscles including the abdominal muscles and internal intercostal muscles generate abdominal and thoracic pressure, which forces air out of the lungs. Exhaled air is 4% carbon dioxide, a waste product of cellular respiration during the production of energy, which is stored as ATP. Exhalation has a complementary relationship to inhalation which together make up the respiratory cycle of a breath.

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  1. exhalation

    Exhalation is the process of breathing out or expelling air or other substances from the lungs or respiratory tract. It's a key part of the respiratory cycle that enables the removal of carbon dioxide and other waste gases from the body.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Exhalationnoun

    the act or process of exhaling, or sending forth in the form of steam or vapor; evaporation

  2. Exhalationnoun

    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

  3. Exhalationnoun

    a bright phenomenon; a meteor

  4. Etymology: [L. exhalatio: cf. F. exhalaison, exhalation.]

Wikidata

  1. Exhalation

    Exhalation is the flow of the respiratory current out of the organism. In humans it is the movement of air out of the bronchial tubes, through the airways, to the external environment during breathing. This happens due to elastic properties of the lungs, as well as the internal intercostal muscles which lower the rib cage and decrease thoracic volume. As the thoracic diaphragm relaxes during exhalation it causes the tissue it has depressed to rise superiorly and put pressure on the lungs to expel the air. During forced exhalation, as when blowing out a candle, expiratory muscles including the abdominal muscles and internal intercostal muscles generate abdominal and thoracic pressure, which forces air out of the lungs. Exhaled air is rich in carbon dioxide, a waste product of cellular respiration during the production of energy, which is stored as ATP. Exhalation has a complementary relationship to inhalation; the cycling between these two efforts define respiration.

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Exhalation

    The act of BREATHING out.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of exhalation in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of exhalation in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of exhalation in a Sentence

  1. Laughter Yoga Atlanta:

    It's called laughter yoga because of the diaphragmatic breathing that takes place when we laugh, it's a full inhalation and a full exhalation.

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