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