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Definition: RESPIRABLE |
RESPIRABLEAdjective1. Suitable for being breathed; adapted for respiration. |
Date "RESPIRABLE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1862. (references) |
"RESPIRABLE" is a common misspelling or typo for: desirable, irrespirable, repairable, reparable. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | Dust particles smaller than 0. 005 mm, which are deposited in the respiratory region of the lungs. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: RESPIRABLE |
| English words defined with "RESPIRABLE": Inspirable ♦ Respirability ♦ Spirable. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "RESPIRABLE": air-supplied respirator, alveolar dust, alveolar subfraktion, atmosphere-supplying respirator ♦ bad air ♦ demand respirator ♦ Hexhlet sampler ♦ inflatable seal ♦ long-running thermal precipitator ♦ respirable dust, respirable dust sampler, respirable fraction, respirable subfraction, rotating plug ♦ supplied-air respirator ♦ tracheobronchial fraction, tube-fed breathing equipment. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "RESPIRABLE": Irrespirable. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "RESPIRABLE" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Spanish (breathable). |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Revolution with Combeferre was more respirable than with Enjolras. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
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Economic History | Hong Kong | The government is seeking options for alternative fuels and advanced technologies to control the growing problem of respirable suspended particulates. (references) |
India | The key needs within this sub-sector include; pollution control equipment like filters and precipitators; energy efficient boilers and furnaces; ambient air and stack air quality monitoring equipment; process control and instrumentation for industries; industrial hygiene and safety monitoring equipment like respirable dust monitoring systems and personal samplers; vehicular emission control products like catalytic converters, CNG kits, alternative fuels; and consulting services. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "RESPIRABLE" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "RESPIRABLE" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "RESPIRABLE": respirable dust ♦ respirable dust sampler ♦ respirable fraction ♦ respirable subfraction. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "RESPIRABLE": non-respirable. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
explosion explosive fraction release respirable | 11 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "RESPIRABLE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | който може да диша. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 可呼吸. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | respirabelt støv (colloid dust, respirable dust), svævestøv (colloid dust, respirable dust), størrelsesfraktion for partikler der når ud i alveolerne (alveolar fraction, respirable fraction), pneumoconosis opstaar hovedsageligt ved vedvarende stoevpaavirkning og derved af maengden af finstoev som indaandes i tidens loeb (and thus is affected by the amount of respirable dust available over a period of time, pneumoconiosis developes fundamentally from the cumulative effect of dust), man har maalt brutto stoevmaengden, til forskel fra den indaandelige maengde (as distinct from respirable mass was measured, gross mass concentration), kriterier for måling af partikler der når ud i alveolerne (respirable convention), inhalerbart støv (colloid dust, respirable dust), indaandeligt fint stoev (respirable fine dust), indåndeligt støv (colloid dust, respirable dust), gravimetrisk indsamlede proever af stoev, der kan indaandes (gravimetric sampling of respirable dust), finstøv (colloid dust, respirable dust), den naere forbindelse der er mellem det maalelige stoevindhold, der indaandes, og tegn paa kullunge har bekraeftet de forventede fordele ved at benytte dette som parameter for belastningen (the resulting good correlation between the mass concentration of respirable dust and the pneumoconiosis hazard confirmed the expected advantages of using this mass parameter), apparat til udtagning af prøver af det støv,der kan indåndes (respirable dust sampler). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | inadembare vezel (respirable fibre), inadembaar stof (respirable fine dust), het ontstaan van pneumoconiose is voor een belangrijk deel een gevolg van het cumulerend effect van de stofinwerking en dus van het in de loop van de tijd geproduceerd inadembaar fijn stof (and thus is affected by the amount of respirable dust available over a period of time, pneumoconiosis developes fundamentally from the cumulative effect of dust), gravimetrische bemonstering van inadembaar stof (gravimetric sampling of respirable dust), de totale gewogen hoeveelheid stof verschilt van de hoeveelheid inadembaar stof (as distinct from respirable mass was measured, gross mass concentration), de enige correlatie,die er bestaat tussen de gewichtshoeveelheid van het in de luchtstroom opgenomen inadembaar stof en het pneumoconiose-gevaar,bevestigt het grote voordeel van het gebruik als parameter van deze gewichtsnorm (the resulting good correlation between the mass concentration of respirable dust and the pneumoconiosis hazard confirmed the expected advantages of using this mass parameter), bemonsteringsapparaat voor inhaleerbaar stof (respirable dust sampler), alveolaire fractie (alveolar fraction, respirable fraction), alveolaire conventie (respirable convention). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | keuhkorakkuloihin päätyvä osuus (alveolar fraction, respirable fraction), hengitettävän pölyn näytteenotin (respirable dust sampler), alveolaarinen osuus (alveolar fraction, respirable fraction), alveolaarinen kohdennus (respirable convention). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | poussière respirable (respirable dust), poussière fine respirable (respirable fine dust), poussière de quartz respirable (quartz-containing respirable dust), poussière colloïdale (respirable dust), particules inhalables (respirable suspended particulates), on a mesuré la concentration pondérale brute, distinguer de la masse respirable (as distinct from respirable mass was measured), la pneumoconiose est dans une large mesure due l'effet cumulatif de l'exposition la poussière et donc la quantité de poussières fines respirables produite au cours du temps (and thus is affected by the amount of respirable dust available over a period of time), la fraction "respirable" est celle qui pénètre dans les alvéoles pulmonaires tandis que la fraction "alvéolaire" s'y dépose,la différence étant la sous-fraction expirée, la corrélation étroite qui en résulte entre la concentration pondérable des poussières respirables et le risque pneumoconiotique a confirmé les avantages attendus de l'utilisation de ce paramètre de masse (the resulting good correlation between the mass concentration of respirable dust and the pneumoconiosis hazard confirmed the expected advantages of using this mass parameter), fraction alvéolaire (respirable fraction), fibre respirable (respirable fibre), convention alvéolaire (respirable convention), concentration respirable (respirable dust concentration), appareil de prélèvement de poussières respirables (respirable dust sampler), échantillonnage gravimétrique des poussières respirables (gravimetric sampling of respirable dust). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | respirable Subfraktion (alveolar dust, alveolar subfraktion, respirable dust, respirable subfraction), zellenartige Fraktionierung (respirable convention), zellenartige Fraktion der Luftbelastung (alveolar fraction, respirable fraction), Probenahmeapparatur für atembaren Staub (respirable dust sampler), lungengaengiger Feinstaub (respirable fine dust), lungengängiger Staub (colloid dust, respirable dust), lungengängige Faser (respirable fibre), Kolloidstaub (colloid dust, respirable dust), gravimetrische Probenahme lungengaengiger Staeube (gravimetric sampling of respirable dust), Feinstaub (alveolar dust, alveolar subfraktion, colloid dust, respirable dust, respirable subfraction), die sich ergebende gute Korrelation zwischen der Massenkonzentration von lungengaengigem Staub und dem Auftreten von Pneumokoniose bestaetigte erwartungsgemaess die Vorteile dieses Massenparameters (the resulting good correlation between the mass concentration of respirable dust and the pneumoconiosis hazard confirmed the expected advantages of using this mass parameter), die Gesamtmassenkonzentration wurde gemessen im Gegensatz zur lungengaengigen Masse (as distinct from respirable mass was measured, gross mass concentration), die Entstehung der Pneumokoniose ist weitgehend auf einen Summeneffekt der Staubeinwirkung zurueckzufuehren und damit auf die im Laufe der Zeit angebotene lungengaengige Feinstaubmenge (and thus is affected by the amount of respirable dust available over a period of time, pneumoconiosis developes fundamentally from the cumulative effect of dust), alveolengängige Subfraktion (alveolar dust, alveolar subfraktion, respirable dust, respirable subfraction). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αναπνευστόσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | si e' misurata la concentrazione della massa globale in quanto distinta dalla massa respirabile (as distinct from respirable mass was measured, gross mass concentration), polvere respirabile (colloid dust, respirable dust), polvere fine respirabile (respirable fine dust), la comparsa della pneumoconiosi è da imputare principalmente all'effetto cumulativo della polvere che agisce sui polmoni e cioè alla quantit di polvere fine inalabile prodotta nel corso del tempo (and thus is affected by the amount of respirable dust available over a period of time, pneumoconiosis developes fundamentally from the cumulative effect of dust), la buona correlazione che risulta fra la concentrazione di massa della polvere respirabile ed il rischio di pneumoconiosi ha confermato i vantaggi che si attendevano dall'uso del parametro di massa (the resulting good correlation between the mass concentration of respirable dust and the pneumoconiosis hazard confirmed the expected advantages of using this mass parameter), fibra inalabile (respirable fibre), campionatura/campionamento/gravimetrico delle polveri inalabili (gravimetric sampling of respirable dust), campionatore di polvere respirabile (respirable dust sampler). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 호흡 (Breathing, respiration, respiratory). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | espirableray poeira fina respirável (respirable fine dust), mediu-se a concentração ponderal bruta,a distinguir da massa respirável (as distinct from respirable mass was measured, gross mass concentration), fibra respirável (respirable fibre), aparelho de recolha de amostras de poeiras respiráveis (respirable dust sampler), amostragem ponderal das poeiras respiráveis (gravimetric sampling of respirable dust), a pneumoconiose é em grande medida devida ao efeito acumulado da exposição poeira e assim quantidade de poeiras finas respiráveis produzida ao longo do tempo (and thus is affected by the amount of respirable dust available over a period of time, pneumoconiosis developes fundamentally from the cumulative effect of dust), a correlação estreita que tem lugar entre a concentração ponderal das poeiras respiráveis e o risco pneumoconiótico confirmou as vantagens esperadas da utilização deste parâmetro de massa (the resulting good correlation between the mass concentration of respirable dust and the pneumoconiosis hazard confirmed the expected advantages of using this mass parameter). (various references) Se ha medido la concentración de masa total, para distinguirla de la masa respirable. (as distinct from respirable mass was measured, gross mass concentration), polvo respirable (breathable powder, respirable dust), polvo fino respirable (respirable fine dust), Muestreo gravimétrico de polvo respirable. (gravimetric sampling of respirable dust), La neumoconiosis se debe en gran medida al efecto acumulativo de la exposición al polvo y por tanto a la cantidad de polvo fino respirable producido durante un periodo de tiempo. (and thus is affected by the amount of respirable dust available over a period of time, pneumoconiosis developes fundamentally from the cumulative effect of dust), La correlación estrecha que existe entre la concentración ponderable de los polvos respirables y el riesgo de neumoconiosis ha confirmado las ventajas esperadas de la utilización de este parámetro de masa. (the resulting good correlation between the mass concentration of respirable dust and the pneumoconiosis hazard confirmed the expected advantages of using this mass parameter), fracción respirable (alveolar fraction, respirable fraction), fibra respirable (respirable fibre), convenio respirable (respirable convention), aparato de toma de muestras de polvo respirable (respirable dust sampler). (various references) respirabelt damm (respirable fine dust), provtagare för respirabelt damm (respirable dust sampler), målinställning för alveolärfraktionen (respirable convention), findamm (respirable fine dust), alveolär fraktion (alveolar fraction, respirable fraction). (various references) có thể thở được. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Words rhyming with "RESPIRABLE" (pronounced 'Re*spir"a*ble'): Abatable, Abdicable, Abhominable, Abhorrible, Abolishable, Abominable, Abrogable, Absolvable, Absorbable, Abusable, Accendible, Accentuable, Acceptable, Accessible, Acclimatable, Acclimatizable, Accommodable, Accompanable, Accomplishable, Accomptable, Accordable, Accostable, Accountable, Accusable, Accustomable, Acetable, Achievable, Acidifiable, Acquaintable, Acquirable, Acreable, Actable, Actionable, Adaptable, Addable, Addible, Adducible, Adjustable, Administrable, Admirable, Admissible, Admittable, Adoptable, Adorable, Adustible, Advantageable, Advisable, Affable, Affectible, Affiliable. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-e-i-l-p-r-r-s" | |
-2 letters: blearier, espalier, pearlers, pearlier, realiser, relapser, repliers, reprisal, sparerib. | |
-3 letters: aperies, aspirer, bailees, bailers, barrels, bearers, beleaps, beliers, berries, birlers, brasier, earlier, leapers, learier, parrels, parries, pearler, perries, pleaser, praiser, presale, prisere, railers, rapiers, raspier, realise, reapers, relapse, reliers, repairs, repeals, replier, replies, reprise, reraise, respire, spearer, spieler. | |
-4 letters: abeles, abseil, aerier, aeries. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-e-e-i-l-p-r-r-s" | |
+2 letters: presbyterial. | |
+3 letters: cerebrospinal, presbyterials. | |
+4 letters: presbyterially, preservability. | |
+5 letters: irreparableness, perdurabilities, preferabilities, repairabilities. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 45 53 50 49 52 41 42 4C 45 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-. . ... .--. .. .-. .- -... .-.. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01000101 01010011 01010000 01001001 01010010 01000001 01000010 01001100 01000101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R E S P I R A B L E |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0045 0053 0050 0049 0052 0041 0042 004C 0045 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)52395350435235364639 |
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