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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French ventilation, from Old French ventilacion, from Late Latin ventilatio, from Latin ventilo. Morphologically ventilate + -ion
Pronunciation
Noun
ventilation (countable and uncountable, plural ventilations)
- The replacement of stale or noxious air with fresh.
- 1991, Robert DeNiro (actor), Backdraft:
- So you punched out a window for ventilation. Was that before or after you noticed you were standing in a lake of gasoline?
- 1991, Robert DeNiro (actor), Backdraft:
- The mechanical system used to circulate and replace air.
- An exchange of views during a discussion.
- The public exposure of an issue or topic.
- 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
- "No, Mr. Malone, I will place no restriction upon your correspondence, since the ventilation of the facts is the object of your journey; but I demand that you shall give no particulars as to your exact destination, and that nothing be actually published until your return."
- The bodily process of breathing; the inhalation of air to provide oxygen, and the exhalation of spent air to remove carbon dioxide.
- (medicine) The mechanical system used to assist breathing.
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Translations
replacement of stale or noxious air with fresh
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mechanical system used to circulate and replace air
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exchange of views during a discussion
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breathing
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French
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin ventilātiōnem, from Latin ventilō.
Pronunciation
Noun
ventilation f (plural ventilations)
- ventilation: replacement of stale or noxious air with fresh
- ventilation: mechanical system used to circulate and replace air
- repartition
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Further reading
- “ventilation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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Noun
ventilation (uncountable)
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