Circulation of fresh air, fundamental to a healthy indoor garden, an exhaust fan creates ventilation.
Ventilation may refer to:
- Ventilation (physiology), the movement of air between the environment and the lungs via inhalation and exhalation
- Mechanical ventilation, in medicine, using artificial methods to assist breathing
- Respirator, a machine designed to move breathable air into and out of the lungs
- Mechanical ventilation, in medicine, using artificial methods to assist breathing
- Ventilation (architecture), the process of "changing" or replacing air in any space to provide high indoor air quality
- Ventilation (firefighting), the expulsion of heat and smoke from a fire building
- Ventilation (mining), flow of air to the underground workings of a mine of sufficient volume to dilute and remove noxious gases
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French ventilation, from Old French ventilacion, from Late Latin ventilatio, from Latin ventilo. Morphologically ventilate + -ion.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌvɛntɪˈleɪʃ(ə)n/
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
ventilation (countable and uncountable, plural ventilations)
- The replacement of stale or noxious air with fresh.
- 1991, Robert DeNiro (actor), Backdraft:
- So you punched out a window for ventilation. Was that before or after you noticed you were standing in a
- 1991, Robert DeNiro (actor), Backdraft: