expiration : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: expiration	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for expiration
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
expiration n a coming to an end of a contract period; "the expiry of his driver's license" Synonym(s): termination, expiration, expiry euphemistic expressions for death; "thousands mourned his passing" Synonym(s): passing, loss, departure, exit, expiration, going, release the act of expelling air from the lungs Synonym(s): exhalation, expiration, breathing out
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Expiration \Ex`pira"tion\, n. [L. expiratio,exspiratio: cf. F. expiration. See {Expire}.] 1. The act of expiring; as: (a) (Physiol.) 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}. (b) Emission of volatile matter; exhalation. The true cause of cold is an expiration* from the globe of the earth. --Bacon. (c) The last emission of breath; death. [bd]The groan of expiration.[b8] --Rambler. (d) A coming to a close; cessation; extinction; termination; end. Before the expiration of thy time. --Shak. 2. That which is expired; matter breathed forth; that which is produced by breathing out, as a sound. The aspirate [bd]he,[b8] which is . . . a gentle expiration. --G. Sharp.