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Expiration Definition And Meaning
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.

Expiration Definition And Meaning

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"

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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