Expiration
[,ekspɪ'reɪʃ(ə)n] or [,ɛkspə'reʃən]
Definition
(n.) The act of expiring
(n.) The act or process of breathing out, or forcing air from the lungs through the nose or mouth; as, respiration consists of inspiration and expiration; -- opposed to inspiration.
(n.) Emission of volatile matter; exhalation.
(n.) The last emission of breath; death.
(n.) A coming to a close; cessation; extinction; termination; end.
(n.) That which is expired; matter breathed forth; that which is produced by breathing out, as a sound.
Checker: Uriah
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Emission of breath.[2]. Death, decease, demise.[3]. Termination, cessation, close, end, conclusion.
Edited by Davy
Examples
- Worcester also wrote in high spirits; stating that nothing should detain him in Spain an hour after the expiration of twelve months. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Upon their expiration--not before--I had meant to set myself right with my Cinderella. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I determined to make no resolutions until the expiration of those three months, but to try. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The axles are continually moving through this oven, and at the expiration of about forty-five minutes emerge from the far end completely baked. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- We accordingly determined to commence our journey towards the north at the expiration of another month. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- I should be very grateful if you would liberate me as soon as possible, without waiting for the expiration of the month's notice. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- At this time, however, the patent had only about a year of life left, owing to the expiration of the corresponding English patent. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Ten minutes sufficed for the completion of his toilet, and at the expiration of that time he was by the old gentleman's side. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- At the expiration of that time he died, I suppose,' said Mr. Pickwick. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Mr. Pickwick at the expiration of the quarter of an hour, went down to breakfast. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Carrying out which intention, he presented himself before her at the expiration of a month, in rags, without shoes, and much more tired than ever. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Since the expiration of the Bell patents many smaller companies have sprung up, and the number of telephones in use has more than doubled in the last five years. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- They took a lodging in the house where I lived, for a week; at the expiration of which time they were to start for Plymouth. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- This letter in a degree recalled me to life, and I determined to quit my island at the expiration of two days. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- This was at the expiration of about six weeks. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
Checked by Herman