breathing time : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: breathing time	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for breathing time
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
breathing time n a short respite [syn: breath, breather, {breathing place}, breathing space, breathing spell, breathing time]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
10. (Gr. Gram.) A mark to indicate aspiration or its absence. See {Rough breathing}, {Smooth breathing}, below. {Breathing place}. (a) A pause. [bd]That c[91]sura, or breathing place, in the midst of the verse.[b8] --Sir P. Sidney. (b) A vent. {Breathing time}, pause; relaxation. --Bp. Hall. {Breathing while}, time sufficient for drawing breath; a short time. --Shak. {Rough breathing} ({spiritus asper}) ([spasp]). See 2d {Asper}, n. {Smooth breathing} ({spiritus lenis}), a mark (') indicating the absence of the sound of h, as in 'ie`nai (ienai).