respirableness
English
Etymology
respirable + -ness
Noun
respirableness (uncountable)
- The quality of being respirable; respirability.
- 1902, “Toxicology”, in Chalmers Watson, editor, Encyclopaedia Medica, volume 12, New York: Longmans, Green & Co., →OCLC, page 327:
- The usual method of testing the respirableness of air suspected to be contaminated with carbon dioxide is to lower a lighted candle into it; if the candle goes out the atmosphere is poisonous; if it continues to burn, however, the air is not necessarily harmless, as a candle will burn in an atmosphere that is dangerous to life.
References
- “respirable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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