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The act of supplying fresh air and getting rid of foul air
Answer for the clue "The act of supplying fresh air and getting rid of foul air ", 11 letters:
ventilation
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"process of replacing foul air in an enclosed place with fresh, pure air," 1660s, from Latin ventilationem (nominative ventilatio ) "an exposing to the air," noun of action from past participle stem of ventilare (see ventilate ).
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
In respiratory physiology , ventilation is the movement of air between the environment and the lungs via inhalation and exhalation . Thus, for organisms with lungs, it is synonymous with breathing . Ventilation usually happens in a rhythmic pattern, and ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ventilation \Ven`ti*la"tion\, n. [L. ventilatio: cf. F. ventilation.] The act of ventilating, or the state of being ventilated; the art or process of replacing foul air by that which is pure, in any inclosed place, as a house, a church, a mine, etc.; free ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the act of supplying fresh air and getting rid of foul air [syn: airing ] a mechanical system in a building that provides fresh air; "she was continually adjusting the ventilation" [syn: ventilation system , ventilating system ] free and open discussion ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The replacement of stale or noxious air with fresh. 2 The mechanical system used to circulate and replace air. 3 An exchange of views during a discussion. 4 The bodily process of breathing; the inhalation of air to provide oxygen, and the exhalation ...
Usage examples of ventilation.
The ventilation system had been shut down within an hour of the incident to avoid potential spread of anthrax, and the staff was told to expect the offices to be warmer than usual.
The same amount of anthrax placed in the ventilation system of a building could have exposed thousands to a lethal dose.
This time, they used the chlorine dioxide gas in the ventilation system in those sections of the building where traces of anthrax were found and the liquid form of chlorine dioxide in the office suite itself.
Back of the gold-bearing quartz lies an enormous deposit of altered peridotite, which contains diamonds, in the search for which it evidently became necessary to extend one of the shafts to the opposite side of the mountain, possibly for purposes of ventilation.
Escaping through the pallet ventilation holes, the ribbon broke apart into blue-green droplets that briefly danced in weightless abandon before recongealing into large globules that undulated in the dimly lit cabin.
I am not sure that I did not find a certain mystic salubrity in the bad ventilation.
Nick recalled seeing a few lines in the paper: Robert Senn, 48, president of Senn Industries, a Swiss manufacturer of light firearms, pressurized aerosol containers, and ventilation systems, died when the plane in which he was traveling, a Gulfstream IV belonging to Senn Industries, crashed shortly after takeoff from Grozny, Chechnya.
This killer hid the body in a ventilation shaft in the tramway tunnel, then moved it two days later to a service port.
Say you that we must watch our step in case we fall down some winze or ventilation shaft to a lower level?
Halfway up the tunnel, Lata pulled the ventilation fan back so that they could drag the corves through.
There were counters on three sides and some sort of ventilation apparatus at the rear.
Most of her thoughts involved the ventilation ducts themselves, which she and her women had been exploring a bit while they waited for the action to reach them.
All except one, who went into the ventilation ducts after the princess escaped.
He finds that meditation comes hard in this environment: kneel in silence and you become aware of the hum of ventilation fans, the smell of old socks and sweat, the metallic taste of ozone from the Elektron oxygen generators.
At the height of the Fuzzy craze, the three of them had kidnapped some Fuzzies and trained them to get into the Company gem vault through the ventilation system.