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respirator
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See also: respirátor
English
Etymology
Noun
respirator (plural respirators)
- A device to assist breathing.
- (especially occupational safety and health) A facemask with integrated filter(s) to keep out harmful dusts, fumes, and mists.
- Hypernyms: personal protective equipment, PPE
- Any N95 respirator is designed to filter out 95 percent of particles 0.3 microns or larger.
- The painters in the paint booth were wearing the kind of respirators with dual filter canisters.
- 2006 April 8, Rick Weiss, “Nanotech Raises Worker-Safety Questions”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 October 2022:
- Similarly, a few studies have suggested that high-quality respirators can trap 95 percent of nanoparticles. But "whether 95 percent efficiency is good enough or not is still open to discussion," said Hung Min Chein of the Industrial Technology Research Institute in Chutung, Taiwan, who is studying the issue.
- 2020 March 30, Andrew Jacobs, Rachel Abrams, “Hive Mind of Makers Rises to Meet Pandemic”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
- A national hive mind has come to life on an open source Facebook group where hundreds of strangers trade tips on making respirator masks with baby wipes and paper towels, […]
- (especially occupational safety and health) A facemask with integrated filter(s) to keep out harmful dusts, fumes, and mists.
Derived terms
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Translations
device to allow breathing
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Further reading
respirator on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
respirator on the Simple English Wikipedia.Wikipedia simple
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Danish
Noun
respirator c (singular definite respiratoren, plural indefinite respiratorer)
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Latin
Verb
respīrātor
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from French respirateur.
Pronunciation
Noun
respirator m inan
- ventilator (machine that moves breathable air into and out of the lungs of a patient who is unable to breathe sufficiently)
- respirator (device designed to allow breathing when it would otherwise be hindered, as by a medical condition or the presence of poisonous vapors)
Declension
Declension of respirator
Further reading
- respirator in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- respirator in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French respiratoire. By surface analysis, respira + -tor.
Adjective
respirator m or n (feminine singular respiratoare, masculine plural respiratori, feminine and neuter plural respiratoare)
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Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
Noun
respìrātor m inan (Cyrillic spelling респѝра̄тор)
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Swedish
Noun
respirator c
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