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exhalant

or ±ð³æ·³ó²¹±ô·±ð²Ô³Ù

[ eks-hey-luhnt, ek-sey- ]

adjective

  1. exhaling; emitting.


noun

  1. something that exhales, as the ducts of certain mollusks.

exhalant

/ ɛksˈheɪlənt; ɪɡˈzeɪ- /

adjective

  1. emitting a vapour or liquid; exhaling

    an exhalant siphon

    exhalant duct

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. an organ or vessel that emits a vapour or liquid
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of exhalant1

1765–75; < Latin ±ð³æ³óÄå±ô²¹²Ô³Ù- (stem of ±ð³æ³óÄå±ôÄå²Ô²õ ), present participle of ±ð³æ³óÄå±ôÄå°ù±ð to exhale; -ant
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Example Sentences

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"La femelle du tigre, exhalant l'odeur du carnage, fait retentir les solitudes de l'Afrique de ses miaulements affreux, et paraît remplie d'attraits à ses cruels amants."

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Through haunted nights he had fought maddening memories of Io's shadowed eyes, of the exhalant, irresistible femininity of her, of the pulses of her heart against his on that wild and wonderful night in the flood; and he had won to an armed peace, in which the outposts of his spirit were ever on guard against the recurrent thoughts of her.

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In the latter class there are vast differences, but uniformly intellect is prominent above sensibility; human faith and love are exhalant, aspirant, and rendered of a vapory subtilty by the interpenetration with them of the Olympian sunlight of thought and imagination.

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