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Initialism of air conditioning. [The state of temperature and humidity produced by an air conditioner.]
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(plumbing) Abbreviation of air admittance vent. [(plumbing) a mechanical sewer vent that allows air to enter into the sewage system but does not allow exhaust of sewer gases, to aid the flow of sewage by providing air behind water, where a standard vent stack to atmosphere is not possible, by drawing in interior air but keeping harmful sewer gases contained.]
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An intercooler located at the end of the supercharging chain.
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(plumbing) a mechanical sewer vent that allows air to enter into the sewage system but does not allow exhaust of sewer gases, to aid the flow of sewage by providing air behind water, where a standard vent stack to atmosphere is not possible, by drawing in interior air but keeping harmful sewer gases contained.
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An air conditioner or system of air conditioners.
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An opening, possibly covered by a grate or grill, possibly ducted, that allows air to circulate.
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Alternative spelling of air conditioner [A machine that is used to control temperature and humidity in an enclosed space.]
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(UK) Alternative spelling of air conditioning [The state of temperature and humidity produced by an air conditioner.]
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Alternative form of air conditioner [A machine that is used to control temperature and humidity in an enclosed space.]
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(countable) An exposure to warm or fresh air.
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Acting or moving automatically by means of compressed air.
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Synonym of ventail (“movable (solid plate) front to a helmet”).
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(medicine) A bag used to resuscitate a patient by supplying air or oxygen directly to the trachea and into the lungs.
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(medicine) Use of BVM to ventilate a patient.
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(surgery, archaic) The ballooning or distending of a part of the body for operative or diagnostic purposes.
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A method of ventilation used in respiration in which the animal moves the floor of its mouth in a rhythmic manner that is externally apparent. It is the sole means of inflating the lungs in amphibians.
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Alternative spelling of cold trap [In vacuum applications, a device that condenses all vapours except the permanent gases into a liquid or solid, typically to prevent contamination of a vacuum pump.]
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A device designed to condense a gas into a liquid, either as part of a still, steam engine, refrigerator or similar machine.
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(surgery) An inserted device or other means by which excess fluid is drained off from a part of the body in which it accumulates.
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Part of the ventilation system in a motor car that blows hot, dry air against the inside of the windscreen to prevent or remove condensation.
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(thermodynamics) A mechanical device that is designed to control the characteristics of a fluid at the entrance to a thermodynamic open system.
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(obsolete) To discuss; to ventilate.
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(obsolete) The act of eventilating; discussion.
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The dirty air let out of a room through a register or pipe provided for the purpose.
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A device to filter exhaust gases.
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(physics) A receiver, such as that used with an air pump, from which the air has been withdrawn; a vessel whose interior is a more or less complete vacuum.
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A type of fan designed to remove moisture from a room, or dust or fumes from certain environments.
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A device that is used to increase the humidity of the air.
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Any of various devices that are used to inject something.
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That which supplies oxygen or fresh air, such as trees, parklands, forest, etc., to a place.
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To ventilate by means of a microventilator
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(countable, by extension) A positive pressure ventilation machine, a PPV device
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(aviation) A device which cools the incoming airstream prior to its introduction into the combustion chamber or compressor.
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An apparatus for producing artificial respiration by pumping oxygen and/or air into and out of the lungs, as of a person who has been asphyxiated by drowning, breathing poisonous gases, etc.
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A device designed to allow breathing when it would otherwise be hindered, as by a medical condition or the presence of poisonous vapors.
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(medicine) A device, usually consisting of a face mask and tank, used to restore normal breathing to a person by forcing oxygen or an oxygen-rich mixture of gases into his or her lungs.
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(medicine, obsolete) A device for applying heat and cold alternately for medical purposes.
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(construction) A ventilator located at the ridge that allows the escape of warm and/or moist air from the attic area or rafter cavity.
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(medicine) A method of clearing intravenous lines IVs, central lines or arterial lines of any medicine or other perishable liquids, by means of saline solution.
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A self-contained device to generate oxygen for breathing.
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Alternative form of spark arrestor [Any device that prevents the emission of flammable debris from combustion sources.]
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A breathing hole; a vent or ventiduct.
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A type of medical ventilator, using negative pressure ventilation.
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(transitive) To put into a vat.
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Venting (the act by which something is vented)
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(historical, rare) A vent or breathing-hole in a medieval helmet, for the admission of air.
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One who vents, who is vocal about feelings or problems.
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(obsolete) A vent, or passage for air.
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To replace stale or noxious air with fresh.
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The replacement of stale or noxious air with fresh.
adj
Having the functions of a ventilator; giving ventilation.
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A device that circulates fresh air and expels stale or noxious air.
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(statistics) Any one of the twenty groups so divided.
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The act by which something is vented.
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(medicine) A suction cup-like device used on a baby's head to assist in difficult childbirths.
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(rare, pathology) A constriction in the flow of air to lungs.
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(physics, fluid mechanics) The reduction in fluid pressure that results when a fluid flows through a constriction.
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Alternative letter-case form of venturi tube [A tube with a constriction, utilizing venturi effect e.g. to measure the velocity or volume of a fluid flow.]
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