exhalation
noun/ˌɛkshəˈleɪ̯ʃən/ · [ˌɛkshəˈleɪ̯ʃən] ~ [ˌɛkshəˈleɪ̯ʃn̩]
Etymology From Latin exhālātiō, from exhālō (“to breathe out, to exhale”), from hālō (“to breathe”). Equivalent to exhale + -ation.
1
The act or process of exhaling; breathing out
- short exhalations of breath
2
That which is exhaled, or which rises in the form of vapor, fume, or steam
- exhalations from the earth or flowers
- 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, http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks16/1600641.txt 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.
3
A bright phenomenon; a meteor.