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tidal air

American  
[tahyd-uhl air] / ˈtaɪd əl ˌɛər /

noun

  1. Physiology. tidal volume.


tidal air Scientific  
/ tīdl /

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The condition also beguiles with a spray of mad moonlight and a whiff of tidal air.

From Time Magazine Archive

This, less the tidal air and the reserve air, is called the complemental air.

From Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools by Francis M. Walters

The air which is expelled from the lungs by a forced expiration, less the tidal air, is called the reserve, or supplemental, air.

From Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools by Francis M. Walters

This amount, less the tidal air, is known as the reserve air.

From Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools by Francis M. Walters

The air thus passing into and out of the lungs is called tidal air.

From A Practical Physiology by Albert F. Blaisdell

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