exhalation Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun exhaled breath
halitus.
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noun the act of expelling air from the lungs
breathing out; expiration.
WordNet
Ex`ha*la"tion noun
Etymology
L.Definitions
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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.Ye mists and exhalations, that now rise From hill or steaming lake. Milton.
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A bright phenomenon; a meteor. I shall fall Like a bright exhalation in the evening. Shak.