ventilation

UK/ˌvɛntɪˈleɪʃ(ə)n/US/ˌvɛntɪˈleɪʃ(ə)n/

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Ventilation is the flow of fresh air through a room or building. Good ventilation, ventilation shafts, improve the ventilation.

It matters more than most people think: carbon dioxide builds up in a closed room and measurably dulls thinking, and it is also how airborne infection spreads. Opening a window for a few minutes changes the air faster than leaving it ajar all day. The Latin ventus means wind.

Definitions of ventilation

1nounventilationThe flow of fresh air through a room or building.C1
“The basement has no windows, so good ventilation is essential.”

ventilation is an airflow.

Where it comes from

Latin ventilatio comes from ventilare, to fan or winnow, from ventus, wind.

Proto-Indo-European
*h₂weh₁-
Latin
ventilatio
Old French
ventilacion
Middle French
ventilation
English, today
ventilation

Borrowed from Middle French ventilation, from Old French ventilacion, from Latin ventilatio, from Latin ventilo. Morphologically ventilate + ion.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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ventilation in the wild

Mechanical ventilation or assisted ventilation is the medical term for using a ventilator machine to fully or partially provide artificial ventilation.
Mechanical ventilation
Mechanical ventilation helps move air into and out of the lungs, with the main goal of helping the delivery of oxygen and removal of carbon dioxide.
Mechanical ventilation
Ventilation is commonly classified as natural ventilation, mechanical ventilation, or mixed-mode ventilation.
Ventilation (architecture)
Natural ventilation can reduce the risk of airborne disease transmission.
Ventilation (architecture)
A simple description of a solar chimney is that of a vertical shaft utilizing solar energy to enhance the natural stack ventilation through a building.
Solar chimney

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