What's the difference between expiration and expiry?

Expiration


Definition:

  • (n.) The act of expiring
  • (n.) The act or process of breathing out, or forcing air from the lungs through the nose or mouth; as, respiration consists of inspiration and expiration; -- opposed to inspiration.
  • (n.) Emission of volatile matter; exhalation.
  • (n.) The last emission of breath; death.
  • (n.) A coming to a close; cessation; extinction; termination; end.
  • (n.) That which is expired; matter breathed forth; that which is produced by breathing out, as a sound.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Carbon dioxide (CO2) levels, volumes, and temperatures of expired gas were measured from the tracheal and esophageal tubes.
  • (2) But RWE admitted it had often only been able to retain customers with expired contracts by offering them new deals with more favourable conditions.
  • (3) The prospectus revealed he has an agreement with Dorsey to vote his shares, which expires when the company goes public in November.
  • (4) The phenylalanine model allows the rapid assessment of whole body and muscle protein turnover from plasma samples alone, obviating the need for measurement of expired air CO2 production or enrichment.
  • (5) In a newspaper interview last month, Shapps said the BBC needed to tackle what he said was a culture of secrecy, waste and unbalanced reporting if it hoped to retain the full £3.6bn raised by the licence fee after the current Royal Charter expires in 2016.
  • (6) Aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase (AHH) inducibility, carbon monoxide in expired air (CO), serum gammaglutamyl-transferase (GGT), and total cholesterol were compared in equal-sized, age-matched samples of healthy middle-aged males born in 1921, 1934-1936, and 1946 attending the ongoing preventive medical population program in Malmö.
  • (7) The feces contained less than 3% of the dose and the expired 14CO2 and cage wash accounted for less than 0.2 and 1% of the dose, respectively.
  • (8) As a result, it was stated that about a half of the preparations studied do not meet the requirements of USP XXI as for as the content of the active substance is concerned, which suggests that the expiration date is shorter by 6 to 12 months.
  • (9) Under cyclic uptake conditions alveolar gases follow an oscillating time course, because gas concentrations tend to increase during inspiration and to decrease during expiration.
  • (10) Radioactive CO2 was detected in expired air after the administration of 25-hydroxy-[26,27-14C] vitamin d3 to vitamin D-deficient hypocalcemic rats; 14co2 was also detected after the administration of 1,25-dihydroxy-[26,27-14C] vitamin D3 to rats raised on the same diet.
  • (11) Approximately 12% and 40% of radioactivity administered was excreted in the urine and feces respectively during the first 24 hours, however, the excretion of radioactivity by expiration was not determined.
  • (12) Twenty-two afferent fibers were activated during the three inspiratory efforts with occlusions applied at end-expiration, when the upper airway was subjected to negative pressure (-1.93, -2.16 and -2.22 kPa at the 1st, 2nd and 3rd effort, respectively).
  • (13) The relationship between mean pulmonary artery pressure (PAP) and alveolar pressures, at varying tidal volumes and opposing variable pressure to expiratory flow, was studied in 14 healthy dogs at the end of inspiration and at the end of expiration.
  • (14) Arterial blood and expired gas samples were taken from 20 patients before operation and on the first day after upper abdominal surgery.
  • (15) Following exposure to white spirit vapour, the effect of the expired solvent on evidential breath alcohol equipment was investigated under controlled exposure chamber conditions and in a simulated painting exercise.
  • (16) Maximal expiratory flow-volume (MEFV) curves similar to those obtained in most dogs and in some humans could be produced: a peak followed by a gently sloping plateau ending in a knee, where flow suddenly fell to a much smaller value approaching zero rather slowly over the last 25 to 50% of the expired vital capacity.
  • (17) As predicted by their static response, the activity of these receptors decreases during inspiration and increases during expiration and therefore it is out of phase with the discharge of the other airway stretch receptors.
  • (18) "Unless and until vulnerabilities are addressed effectively, and all people enjoy the opportunity to share in human development progress, development advances will be neither equitable nor sustainable," Clark said, noting that protection for vulnerable people should be included in the sustainable development goals, which will replace the millennium development goals when they expire next year.
  • (19) Expired gas was collected during exercise to measure oxygen consumption.
  • (20) Expired carbon dioxide (CO2), the most sensitive index, displayed an inverted U-shaped concentration-effect curve, which increased at 100 ppm (the TLV) and decreased at 4500 ppm toluene.

Expiry


Definition:

  • (n.) Expiration.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) But others do: gift cards for Amazon.co.uk, for example, expire one year from the date of issue, while Marks & Spencer gift cards are valid for four years, although each time a customer spends on the card the expiry date is reset to four years.
  • (2) He pointed out that some of the fall was down to the expiry of a government scheme expiring that had "artificially propped up" the housing market over the past year.
  • (3) The declaration of production date and expiry date, were increased by 57.3% and 49.8% respectively.
  • (4) If a 14C labelled metabolite is used the oxidation rate may sometimes be determined by measuring the expiry rate of 14CO2.
  • (5) It has to be that time because the Albanian power supply tends to go on the blink just after 6 p.m. and broadcasters who want to get their message across only have the erratic period between their listeners' arrival home and the quiet expiry of the glorious people's voltage as they all switch on their lights and radios.
  • (6) The system operates in English and Spanish and includes such information as the product name, registration number, ingredients, species for which the product is approved for use, the disease against which the product is used, names of manufacturers and distributors and other distinguishing characteristics of the product including expiry dates and withdrawal times.
  • (7) While Berlin played for more time, until after next year's general election and the expiry of Greece's formal bailout schedule in 2014, the IMF has been demanding a clear, credible longer-term programme.
  • (8) Mitch Fifield, the assistant minister for social services, told the paper: “It’s important, as the legislated expiry dates of board appointments approach, to make sure we have into the future the best mix of skills and experience from current and new members for a venture of this magnitude and importance.” The ads seek previous corporate experience and work in disability services.
  • (9) A drawback to the use of this kit is the recommended 1h expiry for 99Tcm-MAG3.
  • (10) Expiry of an authorization or an unregistered experimenter will come to light in the course of the plausibility study.
  • (11) Programmes will not appear on the MSN service until the expiry of the online catch-up TV window on broadcasters' own websites.
  • (12) They cannot be fraudulently used, however, as only the last four digits of the card numbers were obtained by the hackers and not the customer name and expiry date, the company said.
  • (13) * Thursday Expiry of a deadline imposed by EU foreign ministers at a meeting on Monday for Russia to withdraw its troops in Crimea or face possible sanctions.
  • (14) Don't assume because you can't see an expiry date on a voucher or gift card that it doesn't have one.
  • (15) is calling on mobile phone companies to provide customers with their contract expiry date, one month's notice before their contract ends and details of all the available deals to best match their needs.
  • (16) He added: “That implicitly precludes the group members from exercising rights under US law which have the result that the claimant’s ownership of the copyrights is brought to an end prior to their expiry.
  • (17) But the dearth of such courses is not the only reason why some 500 prisoners are now two years beyond their tariff expiry, the equivalent of serving an additional four-year fixed sentence.
  • (18) Chelsea's recently adopted club policy is to offer one-year deals to players in their 30s upon the expiry of current agreements and while the player had initially been asking for a two-year commitment, he has accepted a shorter arrangement on terms similar to the £175,000-a-week he currently earns.
  • (19) It's difficult not to imagine that the group has an expiry date.
  • (20) The private franchises could simply be allowed to run their course and, upon expiry, services folded in to the existing public operator, East Coast.