Breathing vs. Spirograph

Breathingverb

present participle of breathe

Breathingnoun

The act of respiration; a single instance of this.

Breathingnoun

A diacritical mark indicating aspiration or lack thereof.

Breathingnoun

(archaic) Time to recover one's breath; hence, a delay, a spell of time.

Breathingnoun

Any gentle influence or operation; inspiration.

Breathingnoun

Aspiration; secret prayer.

Breathingnoun

Respiration; the act of inhaling and exhaling air.

Breathingnoun

Air in gentle motion.

Breathingnoun

Any gentle influence or operation; inspiration; as, the breathings of the Spirit.

Breathingnoun

Aspiration; secret prayer.

Breathingnoun

Exercising; promotion of respiration.

Breathingnoun

Utterance; communication or publicity by words.

Breathingnoun

Breathing place; vent.

Breathingnoun

Stop; pause; delay.

Breathingnoun

Also, in a wider sense, the sound caused by the friction of the outgoing breath in the throat, mouth, etc., when the glottis is wide open; aspiration; the sound expressed by the letter h.

Breathingnoun

A mark to indicate aspiration or its absence. See Rough breathing, Smooth breathing, below.

Breathingnoun

the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation

Breathingadjective

passing or able to pass air in and out of the lungs normally; sometimes used in combination;

Breathing

Breathing (or ventilation) is the process of moving air out and in the lungs to facilitate gas exchange with the internal environment, mostly to flush out carbon dioxide and bring in oxygen. All aerobic creatures need oxygen for cellular respiration, which uses the oxygen to break down foods for energy and produces carbon dioxide as a waste product.

Spirographnoun

(medicine) an instrument for measuring and recording the depth and rapidity of breathing movements

Spirographnoun

An instrument for recording the respiratory movements, as the sphygmograph does those of the pulse.

Spirographnoun

a measuring instrument for recording the depth and rapidity of breathing movements

Spirograph

Spirograph is a geometric drawing device that produces mathematical roulette curves of the variety technically known as hypotrochoids and epitrochoids. The well known toy version was developed by British engineer Denys Fisher and first sold in 1965.