breathing
external respiration
respiration ventilation | the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation, the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation |
| abdominal breathing | breathing in which most of the respiratory effort is done by the abdominal muscles, abdominal breathing is practiced by singers |
periodic breathing
Cheyne-Stokes respiration | abnormal respiration in which periods of shallow and deep breathing alternate |
exhalation
expiration
breathing out | the act of expelling air from the lungs |
inhalation
inspiration
aspiration
intake breathing in | the act of inhaling, the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing |
multiplication
times | an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of division, the product of two numbers is computed, the multiplication of four by three gives twelve, four times three equals twelve |
breathing device
breathing apparatus
breathing machine
ventilator | a device that facilitates breathing in cases of respiratory failure |
| Times Square | the area of Manhattan around the intersection of Broadway and Seventh Avenue, heart of the New York theater district, site of annual celebration of New Year's |
breathing room
breathing space | sufficient room for easy breathing or movement, moved to the country to find breathing room |
| times | a more or less definite period of time now or previously present, it was a sign of the times |
modern times
present times
modern world
contemporary world | the circumstances and ideas of the present age, in modern times like these |
| Roman times | the time period during which Rome dominated Europe |
past
past times
yesteryear | the time that has elapsed, forget the past |
| hard times | a time of difficulty |
auld langsyne
langsyne
old times
good old days | past times remembered with nostalgia |
breath
breather
breathing place
breathing space
breathing spell
breathing time | a short respite |
breathing
eupneic
eupnoeic | passing or able to pass air in and out of the lungs normally, sometimes used in combination, the boy was disappointed to find only skeletons instead of living breathing dinosaurs, the heavy-breathing person on the telephone |
| air-breathing | deriving oxygen from the air, he studied respiration in marine air-breathing vertebrates, large air-breathing ichthyosaurs had hydrofoils |
occasionally
on occasion
once in a while
now and then
now and again
at times
from time to time | now and then or here and there, he was arrogant and occasionally callous, open areas are only occasionally interrupted by clumps of trees, they visit New York on occasion, now and again she would take her favorite book from the shelf and read to us, as we drove along, the beautiful scenery now and then attracted his attention |
thousand-fold
thousand times | by three orders of magnitude, this poison is a thousand-fold more toxic |
fourfold
four times | by a factor of four, the price of gasoline has increased fourfold over the past two years |
millionfold
a million times | by a factor of a million, it increased a millionfold |
hundredfold
a hundred times | by a factor of one hundred, they money increased a hundredfold |
ninefold
nine times | by a factor of nine, my investment has increased ninefold |
sixfold
six times | by a factor of six, the population of this town increased sixfold when gold was found in the surrounding hills |
threefold
three times | by a factor of three, our rent increased threefold in the past five years |
twofold
two times | by a factor of two, the price increased twofold last year |