Expiration
[ek-spuh-rey-shuh n] /ˌɛk spəˈreɪ ʃən/
noun
1.
a coming to an end; termination; close:
the expiration of a contract.
2.
the act of , or breathing out; emission of air from the lungs.
3.
Archaic. .
/ˌɛkspɪˈreɪʃən/
noun
1.
the finish of something; ending; expiry
2.
the act, process, or sound of breathing out
3.
(rare) a last breath; death
n.
early 15c., “vapor, breath,” from Middle French expiration, from Latin expirationem/exspirationem (nominative expiratio/exspiratio), noun of action from past participle stem of expirare/exspirare (see expire). Meaning “termination, end, close” is from 1560s.
expiration ex·pi·ra·tion (ěk’spə-rā’shən)
n.
See exhalation.
expiration
(ěk’spə-rā’shən)
See exhalation.
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