pendelluft

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noun

The effect of air movements between the penultimate branches of the lungs

OriginGerman Pendelluft →
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Meanings

nounpendelluft (countable and uncountable, plural pendellufts)

plural pendellufts

  1. countableuncountableThe effect of air movements between the penultimate branches of the lungs

Origin

  1. GermanPendelluft
  2. Englishpendelluft

Borrowed from German Pendelluft (literally “pendulum air”).

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APA

pendelluft. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pendelluft

MLA

“pendelluft.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pendelluft. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pendelluft,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pendelluft.

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