ASPIRATION
\ˌaspəɹˈe͡ɪʃən], \ˌaspəɹˈeɪʃən], \ˌa_s_p_ə_ɹ_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of ASPIRATION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing
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a will to succeed
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a manner of articulation involving an audible release of breath
By Princeton University
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the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing
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a will to succeed
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a manner of articulation involving an audible release of breath
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The act of aspirating; the pronunciation of a letter with a full or strong emission of breath; an aspirated sound.
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The act of breathing; a breath; an inspiration.
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The act of aspiring of a ardently desiring; strong wish; high desire.
By Oddity Software
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The act of aspirating; the pronunciation of a letter with a full or strong emission of breath; an aspirated sound.
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The act of breathing; a breath; an inspiration.
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The act of aspiring of a ardently desiring; strong wish; high desire.
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The act of inhaling.
By Noah Webster.
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The act of inhaling.
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The act of aspiring or of aspirating; exalted desire; a breath; inspiration; suction.
By James Champlin Fernald
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The act of breathing; a breath; the yearning desire for something higher or better than that already possessed; ambition.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William R. Warner
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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The French sometimes use the term synonymously with inspiration. It also means the act of attracting or sucking like a pump. Imbibition. Also, the pronunciation of a vowel with a full breath.
By Robley Dunglison
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Withdrawal of liquids by the aspirator.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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In chemistry and pharmacy, the process of sucking a gas or a liquid from one receptacle into another, as by means of a siphon.
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The act of drawing in the breath; inspiration.
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The sucking action exerted upon the circulatory system during inspiration, so that the movement of the blood in the systemic veins toward the heart is accelerated, while the peripheral, or outward, movement of the blood in the systemic arteries is retarded.
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Pronunciation with a full emission of the breath, giving a rough h-sound.
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The removal of fluid from a cavity of the body by means of suction, especially with the aspirator. [Lat.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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