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Webster 1913 Edition
Exhalation
Exˊha-la′tion
,Noun.
[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
From hill or steaming lake.
exhalations
, that now riseFrom hill or steaming lake.
Milton.
I shall fall
Like a bright
Like a bright
exhalation
in the evening. Shakespeare
Webster 1828 Edition
Exhalation
EXHALA'TION
,Noun.
1.
The act or process of exhaling, or sending forth fluids in the form of steam or vapor; evaporation.2.
That which is exhaled; that which is emitted, or which rises in the form of vapor; fume or steam; effluvia. Exhalations are visible or invisible. The earth is often dried by evaporation, without visible exhalations. The smell of fragrant plants is caused by invisible exhalations.Definition 2024
exhalation
exhalation
English
Noun
exhalation (plural exhalations)
- The act or process of exhaling, or sending forth in the form of steam or vapor; evaporation.
- 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.
- 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,
- 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.
- 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,
- A bright phenomenon; a meteor.
Translations
act or process of exhaling
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that which is exhaled
meteor — see meteor