exhalation
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How to use exhalation in a sentence
If a full face mask doesn’t fit well, forming a tight seal around the nose and mouth with exit vents for exhalation, you risk breathing potentially dangerous levels of CO2 back into the mask, which you could then inhale with your next breath.
The best full face snorkel mask for all your aquatic adventures | Florie Korani | July 26, 2021 | Popular-ScienceSome restaurants are experimenting with tabletop filters that can suck in diners’ exhalations and send the filtered air skyward instead of toward a dining companion’s face.
Cleaning indoor air may prevent COVID-19’s spread. But it’s harder than it looks | Tina Hesman Saey | May 18, 2021 | Science NewsIf CO2 levels reach above 700 parts per million, that means people’s exhalation is filling up the room.
Let’s Clear the Air on the Best Way to Reopen Schools | Scott Lewis | March 4, 2021 | Voice of San DiegoNumerous experts — epidemiologists, virologists and engineers — supported the notion of using exhalation as a conservative proxy to show potential transmission risk in various settings.
Military-grade camera shows risks of airborne coronavirus spread | Dalton Bennett, Sarah Cahlan, Daron Taylor | December 11, 2020 | Washington PostOn the keys, Parrish repeats a sequence of rich chords, melody rising like a sharp breath, then lowering like a calm exhalation.
In a year without dance floors, Theo Parrish knows the way forward | Chris Richards | December 2, 2020 | Washington Post
Then the west wind, which had held its breath so long, broke loose with unrestrained exhalation.
The Hidden Places | Bertrand W. SinclairShe looked about—there was so much to look at—with a deep exhalation.
The Tragic Muse | Henry JamesMoney seemed to flow from the ground; vast fortunes 'rose like an exhalation,' as your Milton says.
A Traveler from Altruria: Romance | William Dean HowellsThey are hurtful because they lessen the exhalation of carbonic anhydride from the lungs.
But there was a terribly damp and earthy exhalation about it, which suggested an unpleasant sensation of being entombed alive.
The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley | Bertram Mitford
Scientific definitions for exhalation
[ ĕks′hə-lā′shən ]
The act of breathing out air. During exhalation, the diaphragm relaxes and moves upward, causing compression of the lungs and an outward flow of air. Also called expiration Compare inhalation.
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