Definition of "exhalation" in English

noun

1. The act or process of exhaling; breathing out

   • short exhalations of breath

2. That which is exhaled, or which rises in the form of vapor, fume, or steam

   • exhalations from the earth or flowers
   • 1894, Ivan Dexter, Talmud: A Strange Narrative of Central Australia, published in serial form in Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA), Chapter II, http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks16/1600641.txt For a week the party watched the flood, and each day it receded to a considerable extent. A thick deposit of mud was left behind, but though the sun shone out warmly no offensive exhalations arose.

3. A bright phenomenon; a meteor.