Macaulay took occasion to ventilate one of those starling, but not very
profound, paradoxes.
J. C. Shairp.
Ven`ti*la"tion (?), n. [L. ventilatio: cf. F. ventilation.] 1. The act
of ventilating, or the state of being ventilated; the art or process of
replacing foul air by that which is pure, in any inclosed place, as a
house, a church, a mine, etc.; free exposure to air.
Insuring, for the laboring man, better ventilation.
F. W. Robertson.
2. The act of refrigerating, or cooling; refrigeration; as, ventilation
of the blood. [Obs.] Harvey.
3. The act of fanning, or winnowing, for the purpose of separating
chaff and dust from the grain.
4. The act of sifting, and bringing out to view or examination; free
discussion; public exposure.
The ventilation of these points diffused them to the knowledge of the
world.
Bp. Hall.
5. The act of giving vent or expression. "Ventilation of his thoughts."
Sir H. Wotton.
Ven"ti*la*tive (?), a. Of or pertaining to ventilation; adapted to
secure ventilation; ventilating; as, ventilative apparatus.
Ven"ti*la`tor (?), n. [Cf. F. ventilateur, L. ventilator a winnower.] A
contrivance for effecting ventilation; especially, a contrivance or
machine for drawing off or expelling foul or stagnant air from any
place or apartment, or for introducing that which is fresh and pure.
Ven*tose" (?), n. A ventouse. [Obs.] Holland.
Ven*tose", a. [L. ventosus windy. See Ventilate.] Windy; flatulent.
Richardson (Dict.).
||Ven`tose" (?), n. [F. ventôse. See Ventose, a.] The sixth month of
||the calendar adopted by the first French republic. It began February
||19, and ended March 20. See Vend&?;miaire.
||
Ven*tos"i*ty (?), n. [L. ventositas: cf. F. ventosité. See Ventose, n.]
Quality or state of being ventose; windiness; hence, vainglory; pride.
Bacon.
Ven"touse (?), n. [F.] A cupping glass. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Ven"touse, v. t. & i. To cup; to use a cupping glass. [Obs.] [Written
also ventuse.] Chaucer.
Ven"trad (?), adv. [L. venter belly + ad to.] (Anat.) Toward the
ventral side; on the ventral side; ventrally; — opposed to dorsad.
Ven"tral (?), a. [L. ventralis, fr. venter the belly; perhaps akin to
G. wanst: cf. F. ventral.] 1. (Anat.) Of, pertaining to, or situated
near, the belly, or ventral side, of an animal or of one of its parts;
hemal; abdominal; as, the ventral fin of a fish; the ventral root of a
spinal nerve; — opposed to dorsal.
2. (Bot.) (a) Of or pertaining to that surface of a carpel, petal,
etc., which faces toward the center of a flower. (b) Of or pertaining
to the lower side or surface of a creeping moss or other low flowerless
plant. Opposed to dorsal.
Ventral fins (Zoöl.), the posterior pair of fins of a fish. They are
often situated beneath the belly, but sometimes beneath the throat. —
Ventral segment. (Acoustics) See Loop, n., 5.
Ven"tri*cle (?), n. [L. ventriculus the stomach, a ventricle, dim. of
venter the belly: cf. F. ventricule. See Ventral.] 1. (Anat.) A cavity,
or one of the cavities, of an organ, as of the larynx or the brain;
specifically, the posterior chamber, or one of the two posterior
chambers, of the heart, which receives the blood from the auricle and
forces it out from the heart. See Heart.
The principal ventricles of the brain are the fourth in the medulla,
the third in the midbrain, the first and second, or lateral, ventricles
in the cerebral hemispheres, all of which are connected with each
other, and the fifth, or pseudocœle, situated between the hemispheres,
in front of, or above, the fornix, and entirely disconnected with the
other cavities. See Brain, and Cœlia.