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/vˈɛntəlˌeɪtər/ /vˈɛnəlˌeɪtər/ Listen

Ventilator

noun

A device (such as a fan) that introduces fresh air or expels foul air.

A device that facilitates breathing in cases of respiratory failure. Synonyms: breathing apparatus, breathing device, breathing machine.

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"Ventilator" Quotes from Famous Books

... captain to have his nose at the back of his head as to have his state-room on the port side of the ship. Powell forgot all about the direction on that point given him by the chief. He flew over as I said, stamped with his foot and then putting his face to the cowl of the big ventilator shouted down there: "Please come on deck, sir," in a voice which was not trembling or scared but which we may call fairly expressive. There could not be a mistake as to the urgence of the call. But instead of the expected alert "All right!" ...

— Chance • Joseph Conrad

... check-down continued in nearby compartments. Then silence fell again. The heavy yeast aroma had grown more and more oppressive; now suddenly a fan went on with a whir, and a cool draft of freshened reprocessed air poured down from the ventilator shaft ...

— Gold in the Sky • Alan Edward Nourse

... said that a porter is a dark gentleman who has been employed to keep air out of the car, but the lady traveller will find it easy to induce him to open a ventilator or two if he has been properly tipped. Fresh air is very essential for the ...

— Master of the Vineyard • Myrtle Reed

... had not much to say, but they had one detail. Last night one of the men who was told to watch No. 100 had seen something. The windows were all shuttered from top to bottom, each shutter having a little ventilator in it. Field nodded, for he had ...

— The Slave of Silence • Fred M. White

... dark now; the mandoline had stopped. From a ventilator shaft close by came a deep murmur of conversation from the crew's quarters that mingled with her dreams. Aunt Janet, her father, Wullie, Dr. Angus, the restless London crowds came and went like pictures crossing a screen. Jimmy, the thin girl, Ole Fred and Louis Farne followed them, passing ...

— Captivity • M. Leonora Eyles

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