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"she was continually adjusting the ventilation"nouna mechanical system in a building that provides fresh air
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nounthe bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation
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nounthe act of supplying fresh air and getting rid of foul air
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nounfree and open discussion of (or debate on) some question of public interest
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Definition that contains ventilation
- funnel (nautical) smokestack consisting of a shaft for ventilation or the passage of smoke (especially the smokestack of a ship)
- airway a duct that provides ventilation (as in mines)
- downcast a ventilation shaft through which air enters a mine
- hyperventilate produce hyperventilation in
- ventilatory provided with ventilation or involving pulmonary ventilation
- louvered supplied with louvers for ventilation
- air passage a duct that provides ventilation (as in mines)
- sheet-metal work the craft of doing sheet metal work (as in ventilation systems)
- air shaft a shaft for ventilation
- respiratory alkalosis alkalosis resulting from increased gas exchange in the lungs (as in hyperventilation associated with extreme anxiety or aspirin intoxication or metabolic acidosis)