exhalation
Syllables: ex·ha·la·tion/ˌɛkshəˈleɪ̯ʃən/
exhalation noun: the act or process of exhaling; breathing out.
Noun
exhalation (countable and uncountable, plural exhalations)
- The act or process of exhaling; breathing out
- short exhalations of breath
- That which is exhaled, or which rises in the form of vapor, fume, or steam
- exhalations from the earth or flowers
- 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.
exhalation meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Telugu and Kannada
exhalation in Tamil
- மூச்செறிதல்
exhalation in Urdu
- دھونی
exhalation in Telugu
- act or process of exhaling
- నిశ్వాసము niśvāsamu
exhalation in Kannada
- ಉಸಿರುಬಿಡಿಕೆ, ಬಿಟ್ಟುಸಿರು, ಆವಿಕಳೆತ
More languagesFewer languages
- exhalation in Assamese
- নিশাহ লোৱা nixah lüa, নিশাহ nixah
- exhalation in Arabic
- زَفِير zafīr
Examples of exhalation in a sentence
- Does inhalation needs to get in touch with its exhalative side and exhalation with its inhalative side?
- The exhalative model invokes the influence of regional fluid exhalation on surficial alteration.
- He drew out his exhalation to make his point.
Synonyms of exhalation
Forms of exhalation
| plural | exhalations |
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Origin of exhalation
From Latin exhālātiō, from exhālō (“to breathe out, to exhale”), from hālō (“to breathe”). Equivalent to exhale + -ation.
Words that rhyme with exhalation
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about exhalation
- What does exhalation mean?
- Exhalation means the act or process of exhaling; breathing out.
- What is exhalation in Tamil?
- Exhalation in Tamil is மூச்செறிதல். See Exhalation meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is exhalation?
- Exhalation is a noun.
- How do you pronounce exhalation?
- Exhalation is pronounced /ˌɛkshəˈleɪ̯ʃən/.
- What is the plural of exhalation?
- The plural of exhalation is exhalations.
Words near exhalation in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: exhalation (page history and authors); exhalation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); exhalation (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); exhalation (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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