inspiration
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4.1
- noun
- /ˌɪnspəˈreɪʃən/
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inspiración
- Airway muscle tone during wakefulness is augmented to increase its size, especially during inspiration.
- inspiration and expiration
- deep inspiration
So we get inspiration, inspiration meaning getting breathing, getting things from outside to inside.
- So we get inspiration, inspiration meaning getting breathing, getting things from outside to inside.
- Plato supposed that the poetry of the Rhapsodies was inspiration, literally the inhalation of the breath of the Muses.
Examples
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And the sound of inspiration, breathe in through your left nostril and out through your right nostril at the same time.
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The measurements of organ dimensions were made during deep inspiration.
Academic text (2016) -
Much of this variability is determined by the action of breathing: the pulse speeds up with inspiration and slows down with expiration.
Academic text (2014) -
Inspiration through HandiHaler® takes place slowly and deeply, which facilitates effective drug delivery to the lung.
Academic text (2017) -
On July 4, 1859, the Macon Volunteers, the "gallant, graceful, and fortunate corps" of men in the Macon area, "caught another deep inspiration of the 'breath of chivalry,'" through the "favor and smiles of the fair."
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The doctor monitored the patient's breathing pattern, noting the changes that occurred during inspiration.
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During inspiration, I could feel the air filling my lungs, helping me relax.
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As the wind filled her sails, she took a deep breath of inspiration before continuing her journey.
Synonyms
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4.1
Breathing air or gas into the lungs
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1.0
Taking air into the lungs through the nose or mouth
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5.9
Taking air into the lungs
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3.5
The act of breathing air into the lungs
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Idioms
Compounds
- Offensive
Pictures or stories that use disabled people to make others admire them while ignoring their real lives
How Deep
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Etymology
Inspiration comes from the Latin inspirare, which literally means 'to breathe into', and in medicine this original sense still appears: 'inspiration' is the act of breathing in, the inhalation of air.