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Webster 1913 Edition


Respirator

Res′pi-raˊtor

(r?s′p?-r?ˊt?r)
,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
respirateur
.]
A divice of gauze or wire, covering the mouth or nose, to prevent the inhalation of noxious substances, as dust or smoke. Being warmed by the breath, it tempers cold air passing through it, and may also be used for the inhalation of medicated vapors.

Definition 2024


respirator

respirator

See also: respirátor

English

Noun

respirator (plural respirators)

  1. A device designed to allow breathing when it would otherwise be hindered, as by a medical condition or the presence of poisonous vapors.
    The house painters were each officially required to wear a respirator, but this was sometimes disregarded in the extreme heat.

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Latin

Verb

respīrātor

  1. second-person singular future passive imperative of respīrō
  2. third-person singular future passive imperative of respīrō

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /respǐraːtor/
  • Hyphenation: res‧pi‧ra‧tor

Noun

respìrātor m (Cyrillic spelling респѝра̄тор)

  1. respirator

Declension