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Expiration Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Expiration?
[n] the act of expelling air from the lungs
[n] euphemistic expressions for death; "thousands mourned his passing" [n] a coming to an end of a contract period; "the expiry of his driver's license" Synonyms | Synonyms for Expiration: breathing out | departure | exhalation | exit | expiry | going | loss | passing | release | termination Related Terms | Find terms related to Expiration: annihilation | apodosis | Aqua-Lung | artificial respiration | aspiration | asthmatic wheeze | bane | biological death | breath | breath of air | breathing | broken wind | catastrophe | ceasing | cessation | cessation of life | clinical death | close | closing | coda | concluding | conclusion | consummation | cough | crack of doom | crossing the bar | culmination | curtain | curtains | death | death knell | debt of nature | decease | demise | denouement | departure | destination | destiny | discontinuance | discontinuation | dissolution | doom | dying | ebb of life | effect | end | end of life | end point | ending | envoi | epilogue | eschatology | eternal rest | exhalation | exit | expiry | exsufflation | extinction | extinguishment | fate | final solution | final summons | final twitch | final words | finale | finality | finger of death | finis | finish | gasp | goal | going | going off | grave | gulp | hack | hand of death | hiccup | inhalation | inhalator | inspiration | insufflation | iron lung | izzard | jaws of death | knell | last | last breath | last debt | last gasp | last muster | last rest | last roundup | last sleep | last things | last trumpet | last words | latter end | leaving life | loss of life | making an end | mouth-to-mouth resuscitation | omega | oxygen mask | oxygen tent | pant | parting | passing | passing away | passing over | payoff | period | perishing | peroration | puff | quietus | release | resolution | respiration | rest | resting place | reward | scuba | sentence of death | shades of death | shadow of death | sigh | sleep | sneeze | sniff | sniffle | snore | snoring | snuff | snuffle | somatic death | sternutation | stertor | stoppage | stopping place | summons of death | suspiration | swan song | term | terminal | termination | terminus | wheeze | wind | windup | Z See Also | blow | breath | breathing | cough | coughing | death | decease | end | ending | external respiration | huffing | puff | puffing | respiration | snorting | ventilation | wind Expiration In Webster's Dictionary \Ex`pi*ra"tion\, n. [L. expiratio,exspiratio: cf. F.
expiration. See {Expire}.]
1. The act of expiring; as:
(a) (Physiol.) The act or process of breathing out, or
forcing air from the lungs through the nose or mouth;
as, respiration consists of inspiration and
expiration; -- opposed to {inspiration}.
(b) Emission of volatile matter; exhalation.
The true cause of cold is an expiration from the
globe of the earth. --Bacon.
(c) The last emission of breath; death. ``The groan of
expiration.'' --Rambler.
(d) A coming to a close; cessation; extinction;
termination; end.
Before the expiration of thy time. --Shak.
2. That which is expired; matter breathed forth; that which
is produced by breathing out, as a sound.
The aspirate ``he,'' which is . . . a gentle
expiration. --G. Sharp.
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