maximum breathing capacity

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The volume of gas that can be breathed in 15 seconds when a person breathes as deeply and quickly as possible.maximum voluntary ventilation

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Question 1 of 7

The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

Specifically, the pilots got themselves into a high altitude stall, where the wings lose the capacity to provide lift.
Flight 8501 Poses Question: Are Modern Jets Too Automated to Fly?|Clive Irving|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
It is all too easy to be despondent in the face of what seems like the endless capacity of evil to reinvent itself.
The Catholic Philosopher Who Took on Hitler|John Henry Crosby|December 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Tax evasion carries a maximum penalty of five years, and thus it seems likely that Grimm would be covered by the provision.
The Felon Who Wouldn’t Leave Congress|Ben Jacobs, David Freedlander|December 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He said, ‘They’re both shot in the head and neither of them are breathing.
'Please Don't Die!': The Frantic Battle to Save Murdered Cops|Michael Daly|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Foxx says that he thinks this generation has the capacity to keep pushing through racial barriers.
Jamie Foxx: Get Over the Black ‘Annie’|Stereo Williams|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Is the college stage of our present educational system anywhere near its maximum possible efficiency?
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
Wasn't the dead man stretched in the shadow convincing proof of their capacity for pure devilishness?
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
This widening grasp of languages is or was within the capacity of nearly everyone born into the world—given the facilities.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
Here and there exceptional industry or extraordinary capacity raised the artisan to wealth and turned the "man" into the "master."
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
Not a zephyr ruffled the leaf of a rose, and a soft breathing fragrance bathed his reposing senses.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter