ventilation

Borrowed from Middle French ventilation, from Old French ventilacion, from Late Latin ventilatio, from Latin ventilo. Morphologically ventilate +‎ -ion

• IPA^(key): /ˌvɛntɪˈleɪʃ(ə)n/

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

ventilation (countable and uncountable, plural ventilations)

1. The replacement of stale or noxious air with fresh.
   • 1991, Robert DeNiro (actor), Backdraft:

     So you punched out a window for ventilation. Was that before or after you noticed you were standing in a lake of gasoline?

2. The mechanical system used to circulate and replace air.
3. An exchange of views during a discussion.
4. The public exposure of an issue or topic.
   • 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:

     "No, Mr. Malone, I will place no restriction upon your correspondence, since the ventilation of the facts is the object of your journey; but I demand that you shall give no particulars as to your exact destination, and that nothing be actually published until your return."

5. The bodily process of breathing; the inhalation of air to provide oxygen, and the exhalation of spent air to remove carbon dioxide.
6. (medicine) The mechanical system used to assist breathing.

• ventilate

• antiviolent

Borrowed from Late Latin ventilātiōnem, from Latin ventilō.

• IPA^(key): /vɑ̃.ti.la.sjɔ̃/

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ventilation f (plural ventilations)

1. ventilation: replacement of stale or noxious air with fresh
2. ventilation: mechanical system used to circulate and replace air
3. repartition

• ventiler

• “ventilation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

ventilation (uncountable)

1. ventilation