exhalation
    n 1: exhaled breath [syn: halitus, exhalation]
    2: the act of expelling air from the lungs [syn: exhalation,
       expiration, breathing out]

Exhalation \Ex`ha*la"tion\, n. [L. exhalatio: cf. F. exhalaison,
   exhalation.]
   1. The act or process of exhaling, or sending forth in the
      form of steam or vapor; evaporation.
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   2. That which is exhaled, or which rises in the form of
      vapor, fume, or steam; effluvium; emanation; as,
      exhalations from the earth or flowers, decaying matter,
      etc.
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            Ye mists and exhalations, that now rise
            From hill or steaming lake.           --Milton.
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   3. A bright phenomenon; a meteor. [archaic]
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            I shall fall
            Like a bright exhalation in the evening. --Shak.
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