Exhalation
noun
The process or action of breathing out.
He let out a long, weary exhalation as he relaxed his body.
Often appears as...
- exhalation of breath
- deep exhalation
noun
The substance that is breathed out during exhalation.
The doctor uses a device to measure the content of the patient's exhalation.
Often appears as...
- exhalation of carbon dioxide
- gaseous exhalation
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
noun
A way to describe a faint or slight smell in the air.
The soft exhalation of flowers filled the air in the garden.
Often appears as...
- sweet exhalation
- floral exhalation
Usage tips
Approving
Poetic
noun
The process or action of breathing out.
He let out a long, weary exhalation as he relaxed his body.
Often appears as...
- exhalation of breath
- deep exhalation
noun
The substance that is breathed out during exhalation.
The doctor uses a device to measure the content of the patient's exhalation.
Often appears as...
- exhalation of carbon dioxide
- gaseous exhalation
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
noun
A way to describe a faint or slight smell in the air.
The soft exhalation of flowers filled the air in the garden.
Often appears as...
- sweet exhalation
- floral exhalation
Usage tips
Approving
Poetic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Release
Exhalation can describe not just breathing out, but also a sense of releasing tension or emotion.
With a heavy exhalation, she dropped the weight of stress.
Pro Tip 2/3Paired Action
'Exhalation' is often used alongside 'inhalation' to detail both actions of breathing in several contexts.
Focus on your inhalation and exhalation during meditation.
Pro Tip 3/3Followed by Relaxation
Exhalation is frequently mentioned before actions indicating relaxation, such as 'sigh' or 'sit down.'
After a long exhalation, he sat in his favorite chair.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Release
Exhalation can describe not just breathing out, but also a sense of releasing tension or emotion.
With a heavy exhalation, she dropped the weight of stress.
Pro Tip 2/3Paired Action
'Exhalation' is often used alongside 'inhalation' to detail both actions of breathing in several contexts.
Focus on your inhalation and exhalation during meditation.
Pro Tip 3/3Followed by Relaxation
Exhalation is frequently mentioned before actions indicating relaxation, such as 'sigh' or 'sit down.'
After a long exhalation, he sat in his favorite chair.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Release
Exhalation can describe not just breathing out, but also a sense of releasing tension or emotion.
With a heavy exhalation, she dropped the weight of stress.
Pro Tip 2/3Paired Action
'Exhalation' is often used alongside 'inhalation' to detail both actions of breathing in several contexts.
Focus on your inhalation and exhalation during meditation.
Pro Tip 3/3Followed by Relaxation
Exhalation is frequently mentioned before actions indicating relaxation, such as 'sigh' or 'sit down.'
After a long exhalation, he sat in his favorite chair.
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Video examples
Award-winning teen-age...
what her exhalation rate or lung health, should be based on her age, gender and height. So the doctor sees this difference between the yellow bar and the blue bar, and he says, "Wow, we need to give her steroids, medication and inhalers." But I want everyone here to reimagine a world
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How do ventilators work?...
A tube is inserted into the patient’s trachea to pump air directly into the lungs, with a series of valves and branching pipes forming a circuit for inhalation and exhalation. In most modern ventilators,
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Lungs 101 PIPE National...
A similar transaction occurs in the opposite direction. Carbon dioxide waste transported in the bloodstream can pass through the alveolar walls. From there, they are expelled with every exhalation.
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Letting Go With Lemurs -...
it's tempting to think of life as the inhalation of air but more often than not it's felt in the exhalation
Video examples
Award-winning teen-age...
what her exhalation rate or lung health, should be based on her age, gender and height. So the doctor sees this difference between the yellow bar and the blue bar, and he says, "Wow, we need to give her steroids, medication and inhalers." But I want everyone here to reimagine a world
Video examples
How do ventilators work?...
A tube is inserted into the patient’s trachea to pump air directly into the lungs, with a series of valves and branching pipes forming a circuit for inhalation and exhalation. In most modern ventilators,
Video examples
Lungs 101 PIPE National...
A similar transaction occurs in the opposite direction. Carbon dioxide waste transported in the bloodstream can pass through the alveolar walls. From there, they are expelled with every exhalation.
Video examples
Letting Go With Lemurs -...
it's tempting to think of life as the inhalation of air but more often than not it's felt in the exhalation
Example 1 of 4
Quote examples
Michael Servetus
Spanish Scientist
In the inhalation and exhalation there is an energy and a lively divine spirit, since He, through his spirit supports the breath of life, giving courage to the people who are in the earth and spirit to those who walk on it.
Quote examples
Ted Chiang
American Writer
The universe began as an enormous breath being held. I am glad that it did... until this great exhalation is finished, my thoughts live on.
Quote examples
Michael Servetus
Spanish Scientist
In the inhalation and exhalation there is an energy and a lively divine spirit, since He, through his spirit supports the breath of life, giving courage to the people who are in the earth and spirit to those who walk on it.
Quote examples
Ted Chiang
American Writer
The universe began as an enormous breath being held. I am glad that it did... until this great exhalation is finished, my thoughts live on.
Example 1 of 2
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