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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
respire .
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Examples
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They're weighted down on the edges and they're so huge the respired gas doesn't escape as fast as it builds up, so there's a mini atmosphere underneath.
Who Do You Say I Am 2010
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The ratio of respired CO2 to CH4 is hence an indication of how reduced the soil environment is.
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Although winter CO2 losses have long been recognized [48], more recent research indicates that these losses are greater than was previously thought and may be the product of significant respiratory activity during the winter [49] (section 7.3.2.3), when recently fixed C is respired [50].
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The CH4/CO2 ratio or the percentage contribution of CH4 to total respired C varies from 20% in extreme cases in wet tundra ecosystems.
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No! said Emmeline, leaning so close I could smell respired gin.
Kate Morton Ebook Collection Kate Morton 2008
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No! said Emmeline, leaning so close I could smell respired gin.
The House at Riverton Kate Morton 2008
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Stutte found that the plants grew and respired at about the same rates in microgravity as they did on earth.
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In the ocean, some of the carbon sinks in the form of dead organisms, particles, and dissolved organic carbon, a small amount of which remains in sediments; the rest is respired at depth and eventually recirculated to the surface (the “biological pump”).
Ecosystems and Human Well-being Synthesis~ Appendix A. Ecosystem Service Reports 2008
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They respired gobs of carbon dioxide, which was absorbed by the dome's concrete rather than broken down into oxygen.
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As is the case on land, only a small fraction of organic carbon is not respired and goes into ocean sediments (Fig. 3).
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