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expiration

noun
/ˌɛk.spəˈɹeɪ̯.ʃən/UK/ˌɛk.spɚˈeɪ̯.ʃən/US/ˌɛk.spaɪ̯ˈɹeɪ̯.ʃən/

Etymology

From Middle English expiracioun, exspiracioun (“vapor, breath”), from Latin expīrātiōnem, exspīrātiōnem, accusative singular of expīrātiō, exspīrātiō. By surface analysis, expire + -ation.

  1. derived from expīrātiōnem
  2. inherited from expiracioun

Definitions

  1. An act, process, or instance of expiring.

    • Holonym: respiration
    • crackles heard on expiration

The neighborhood

Derived

expirational, expiration date, expiration time, postexpiration, time until expiration

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for expiration. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA