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respirator

respirator noun: a device to assist breathing.

Noun

respirator (plural respirators)

  1. A device to assist breathing.
    1. (especially occupational safety and health) A face mask with an integrated filter or filters to keep out harmful dusts, fumes, and mists.
      • Any N95 respirator is designed to filter out 95 percent of particles 0.3 microns or larger.
      • The painters in the paint booth were wearing the kind of respirators with dual filter canisters.

respirator meaning in Tamil, Kannada, Thai and Vietnamese

respirator in Tamil

சுவாசித்தலை எளிதாக்கும் கருவி

respirator in Kannada

ಶ್ವಾಸಕ, ಶ್ವಾಸಯಂತ್ರ, ಕೃತಕ ಶ್ವಾಸಸಾಧನ

respirator in Thai

device to allow breathing
เครื่องช่วยหายใจ krʉ̂ʉang-chûai-hǎai-jai

respirator in Vietnamese

device to allow breathing
mặt nạ phòng độc, mặt nạ chống độc

Examples of respirator in a sentence

  • Similarly, a few studies have suggested that high-quality respirators can trap 95 percent of nanoparticles.2006 April 8, Rick Weiss, “Nanotech Raises Worker-Safety Questions”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16...
  • A national hive mind has come to life on an open source Facebook group where hundreds of strangers trade tips on making respirator masks with baby wipes and paper towels, […]2020 March 30, Andrew Jacobs, Rachel Abrams, “Hive Mind of Makers Rises to Meet Pandemic”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

Forms of respirator

pluralrespirators

Plural of respirator: respirators

Origin of respirator

From respirate + -or.

Words formed from respirator

Questions about respirator

What does respirator mean?
Respirator means a device to assist breathing.
What is respirator in Tamil?
Respirator in Tamil is சுவாசித்தலை எளிதாக்கும் கருவி. See Respirator meaning in Tamil.
How do you use respirator in a sentence?
Similarly, a few studies have suggested that high-quality respirators can trap 95 percent of nanoparticles.
What part of speech is respirator?
Respirator is a noun.
What is the plural of respirator?
The plural of respirator is respirators.

Words near respirator in the dictionary

  1. respirational
  2. respirations
  3. respirative
  4. respiratome
  5. respiratomes
  6. respirator
  7. respiratored
  8. respiratoria
  9. respiratorily
  10. respiratorium
  11. respirators

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Adapted from Wiktionary: respirator (page history and authors); respirator (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); respirator (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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