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Definitions: Respirator |
RespiratorNoun1. A breathing device for administering long-term artificial respiration. 2. A mask with a filter protects the face an lungs against poisonous gases. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "respirator" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1870. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Satire | RESPIRATOR, n. An apparatus fitted over the nose and mouth of an inhabitant of London, whereby to filter the visible universe in its passage to the lungs. Source: Devil's Dictionary. |
Environment | Respiratory protective equipment in which the surrounding air is breathed through a filter. Source: European Union. (references) |
Food & Agriculture | Respiratory protective equipment with a dust filter. Source: European Union. (references) |
Health | A mechanical device that helps a patient breathe; a mechanical ventilator. (references) |
Medicine | These enable the wearer to breathe in atmospheres polluted by dust, poisonous vapours, smoke, etc. , and are therefore used in certain industries, or in warfare; they consist essentially of a mask, a metal frame with outlet and inlet valves, and a socket. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A device for producing artificial respiration. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Mining | A. A device (such as a gas mask) for protecting the respiratory tract (against irritating and poisonous gases, fumes, smoke, dusts) with or without equipment supplying oxygen or air b. A device for maintaining artificial respiration c. The mining-type respirator is a fitting that covers the nose and mouth to prevent the wearer inhaling excessive quantities of dust. Tunnel miners and workers at sinter plants and blast furnaces are issued respirators for use where danger is known to exist. See also:filter-type respirator; mask d. A device worn over the mouth or nose for protecting the respiratorytract from noxious gases or dust. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: RespiratorSynonyms: gas helmet (n), gasmask (n), inhalator (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Life | Respirator, artificial respirator, heart and lung machine, iron lung; medical devices . |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Lyrics | I need a respirator cause I'm running out of breath (Bad Medicine; performing artist: Bon Jovi) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | [A worker wears a respirator while cleaning a kiln].Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Medicine - Military - Equipment : Respirator for British soldiers.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Production. Tin smelting. A workman in a Southern tin smelter, protected from harmful dust by a respirator, trims a huge stockpile of ore just discharge from the crushers. A series of smelting operations will extract pure tin for the countless war needs o.Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| Play | Caption |
 | Breathing through a respirator. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | This may sometimes require placing the patient on a respirator. (references) | |
They include how long respiratory distress exists and how long the baby needs to be on a respirator. (references) | ||
This can sometimes require placing the patient on a respirator, a heart monitor, or other machines that assist body function. (references) | ||
Economic History | Vietnam | US suppliers lead the market for several types of equipment, e.g. respirator equipment from Bird; X-ray and CT scanners from GE; laboratory equipment from Abbott, OB/GYN and anesthesia equipment from Ohmeda, etc. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Respirator" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Respirator" is used about 37 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 |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 37 | 56,631 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "respirator": artificial respirator ♦ dust respirator. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "respirator": respirator-then. | |
| 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 | Expression | Frequency per Day |
respirator | 340 | paint respirator | 8 |
3m respirator | 60 | exam onsite respirator | 8 |
north respirator | 39 | fresh air respirator | 8 |
respirator mask | 29 | 3m full face respirator | 8 |
msa respirator | 27 | medical respirator | 7 |
n95 respirator | 26 | cartridge respirator selection | 7 |
respirator full face | 19 | respirator program | 7 |
supplied air respirator | 18 | powered air purifying respirator | 7 |
scott respirator | 16 | sars respirator | 6 |
respirator cartridge | 13 | 3m p100 respirator | 5 |
willson respirator | 13 | mask n95 respirator | 5 |
n 95 respirator | 12 | half mask respirator | 5 |
respirator welding | 12 | niosh respirator | 5 |
wilson respirator | 11 | 3m n95 respirator | 5 |
respirator training | 10 | respirator filter | 5 |
respirator fit testing | 10 | dust respirator | 5 |
respirator fit test | 10 | respirator disposable | 5 |
moldex respirator | 9 | air respirator | 5 |
respirator air purifying | 9 | hepa respirator | 4 |
3m filter respirator | 8 | pro tech respirator | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "respirator"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | respirator, maskë kundër gazi (gas mask, mask, muzzle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | كمامة قناع مانع للاستنشاق, المنفسة جهاز تنفس صناعي. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | респиратор (inspirator), газова маска (mask). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 人工呼吸机. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | respirátor, plynová maska (gas mask). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | respirator (appliance for artificial respiration, artificial respirator), respirationsfysiologiske måleapparater (breathing appliance, respiratory apparatus), respirationsapparat (breathing appliance, respiratory apparatus), støvmaske (dust mask, dust respirator), luftfiltrerende åndedrætsværn (air-purifying equipment), gasmaske (gas mask, respiratory mask), filtermaske, filterapparat, apparat til kunstigt aandedraet (appliance for artificial respiration, artificial respiration apparatus, artificial respirator, resuscitation apparatus, resuscitator, reviving apparatus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | respirator (appliance for artificial respiration, artificial respirator), toestel voor kunstmatige ademhaling (appliance for artificial respiration, artificial respiration apparatus, artificial respirator, resuscitation apparatus, resuscitator, reviving apparatus), stofmasker (dust mask, dust respirator), gasmasker (gas mask), beademingstoestel (appliance for artificial respiration, artificial respirator), beademingsapparaat (breathing appliance, respiratory apparatus), ademhalingstoestel (breathing appliance, respiratory apparatus, respiratory protective equipment, which provides the wearer with a supply of clean uncontaminated air or oxygen through an airline or an oxygen flask which he carries on the back.A breathing apparatus makes the wearer independent of the oxygen supply in the surrounding atmosphere), ademhalingsapparaat (breathing appliance, respiratory apparatus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | دهان بندطبی , دستگاه تنفس مصونوعی . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | suodatinsuojain (air-purifying equipment), pölysuojain (dust mask, dust respirator), hengityssuojain (dust mask, dust respirator), hengityksen suodatinsuojain. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | respirateur (appliance for artificial respiration, artificial respirator, respiratory mask), masque gaz. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Atemschutzmaske (dust mask, dust respirator), Atemgerät. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αναπνευστήρας (appliance for artificial respiration, artificial respirator, respiratory mask). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מסכת 'אז, מ שם. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | légzőkészülék (scuba), gázálarc (face-piece, gas mask, mask). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | respiratore (appliance for artificial respiration, aqualung, artificial respirator, respiratory mask), maschera antigas (gas mask). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | レスキュー隊 (label, ladies, ladies first, lady, Lady Borden, laisser-faire, lead, led, leg warmers, lesbian, lesser panda, lesson, letter, letter facsimile, letterhead, lettering, lettuce, medical practitioners' receipt for health insurance claim, medical prescription, ready-made, reception, red, red purge, red tape, Redmond, rescue squad, resolution, resonance, response, rest, rest house, rest room, restaurant, restaurant hotel, restaurant theater, retort, retouch, rhetoric, sticker, tow truck, wrestling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | レス"レーター . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 인공호흡기. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | ennaleyr, aerheelleyder. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | espiratorray respirador (appliance for artificial respiration, artificial respirator, gasoline, inspire). (various references) mascã de gaze (aspirator, gas). (various references) респиратор (breather, inspirator, muzzle), противогаз (gas mask, gas-mask, mask). (various references) respirator. (various references) respirador (appliance for artificial respiration, artificial respirator, breather, breathing apparatus, breathing appliance, respiratory apparatus). (various references) respirator, skyddsmask (escape apparatus, escape set, escape-type respiratory protective device), partikelfilterskydd (dust mask, dust respirator), gasmask (escape apparatus, escape set, escape-type respiratory protective device, gas mask), filterskydd, dammfilterskydd (dust mask, dust respirator). (various references) solunum cihazı (respiratory apparatus), nefes filtresi, gaz maskesi (gas mask). (various references) респіратор (inhaler, inspirator), протигаз (mask, nosebag). (various references) máy hô hấp mặt nạ phòng hơi độc cái che miệng, khẩu trang. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "respirator": respirators, respiratory. (additional references) | |
Words containing "respirator": cardiorespiratory. (additional references) | |
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"Respirator" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: repirator, respirate. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "respirator" (pronounced re"sperā'ter) |
| 5 | -p er ā' t er | evaporator, operator. |
| 4 | -er ā' t er | accelerator, carburetor, cogenerator, collaborator, decorator, generator, incinerator, Moderator, refrigerator. |
| 3 | -ā' t er | accumulator, activator, actuator, administrator, agitator, alligator, allocator, alternator, animator, applicator, appropriator, arbitrator, aviator, calculator, commentator, communicator, conciliator, consolidator, coordinator, defibrillator, demonstrator, denominator, detonator, educator, elevator, escalator, excavator, exterminator, fabricator, facilitator, gladiator, illuminator, illustrator, imitator, incubator, indicator, infiltrator, innovator, instigator, insulator, integrator, interrogator, investigator, irrigator, legislator, liquidator, litigator, locator, manipulator, mediator, modulator, navigator, negotiator, originator, oscillator, percolator, perpetrator, radiator, regulator, renovator, simulator, speculator, stimulator, syndicator, Terminator, ventilator, violator. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-i-o-p-r-r-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: parroters, priorates. | |
-2 letters: airports, arrestor, parroter, partiers, pierrots, praetors, priorate, prorates, rotaries, sparrier, sportier, starrier, tarriers. | |
-3 letters: airport, airpost, artsier, aspirer, atopies, esparto, opiates, parries, parrots, partier, parties, pastier, piaster, piastre, pierrot, pirates, porters, praetor, praiser, praters, preriot, presort, pretors, prorate, prosier, prostie, proteas, rapiers, raptors, raspier, repairs, reports, reposit, rioters, riposte, roarers. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-i-o-p-r-r-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: respirators, respiratory. | |
+2 letters: perspiratory, portraitures. | |
+3 letters: expropriators, prevaricators, proprietaries, reciprocators. | |
+4 letters: reappropriates, reincorporates. | |
+5 letters: arteriographies, historiographer, preregistration. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 65 73 70 69 72 61 74 6F 72 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-. . ... .--. .. .-. .- - --- .-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01100101 01110011 01110000 01101001 01110010 01100001 01110100 01101111 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R e s p i r a t o r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0065 0073 0070 0069 0072 0061 0074 006F 0072 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)52718582758467868184 |
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