exhalation
/ɛksəˈleɪʃ(ə)n
/noun [mass noun]
1The process or action of exhaling: the gas produced at the end of exhalation from deep within the lung...
- It maintains the process of inhalation and exhalation as well as sensual acuity.
- Slowly begin to deepen your breathing, little by little, so each inhalation grows slightly deeper and each exhalation extends a bit further.
- Also, allow your chest muscles to fall deeper and deeper within you on each exhalation.
1.1 [count noun] An expiration of air from the lungs: he let his breath out in a long exhalation of relief...
- Close your eyes and listen quietly to your inhalations and exhalations for about 30 seconds.
- The forceful inhalations and exhalations of these exercises strengthen the diaphragm and lungs.
- Danny goes offline with a large exhalation of relief.
Synonyms
breath, breathing out;
sigh
technical expiration
1.2 [count noun] An amount of vapour or fumes given off by something: moist exhalations from the sea [mass noun]: the nocturnal exhalation of vapours from decaying vegetable matter...
- The Meteors is divided into ten discourses on a variety of topics: terrestrial bodies, vapours and exhalations, the nature of salt, winds, clouds, rainbows, snow and hail, storms, and a few other phenomena.
- These products of earth's exhalations included not only weather events like wind and rain, but also fireballs, shooting stars, tornadoes, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes and Northern Lights.
- Alchemical treatises frequently warned of the hazards of working with sulphurous exhalations and volatile chemicals.
Synonyms
emission, giving off, emanation, discharge;
fume, vapour, effluvium, effluent
rare exsufflation