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aeration
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun aeration has 2 senses
- aeration(n = noun.process) Array - the process of exposing to air (so as to purify); "the aeration of the soil" is a kind of action, activity, natural action, natural process
- aeration(n = noun.act) Array - the act of charging a liquid with a gas making it effervescent; Array is a kind of change of state
Derived form verb aerate1
Derived form verb aerate3
CIDE DICTIONARY
aeration, n. [Cf. F. aération.].
- Exposure to the free action of the air; airing; as, aëration of soil, of spawn, etc. [1913 Webster]
- A change produced in the blood by exposure to the air in respiration; oxygenation of the blood in respiration; arterialization. [1913 Webster]
- The act or preparation of charging a liquid with carbon dioxide gas to make it effervescent. [1913 Webster]
- the act of charging a liquid with air or oxygen for the purpose of purification. [WordNet 1.5]
ROGET THESAURUS
aeration
Gaseity
N gaseity, vaporousness, flatulence, flatulency, volatility, aeration, aerification, elastic fluid, gas, air, vapor, ether, steam, essence, fume, reek, effluvium, flatus, cloud, ammonia, ammoniacal gas, volatile alkali, vacuum, partial vacuum, pneumatics, pneumatostatics, aerostatics, aerodynamics, gasmeter, gasometer, air bladder, swimming bladder, sound, (of a fish), gaseous, aeriform, ethereal, aerial, airy, vaporous, volatile, evaporable, flatulent.
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