AERATION

aeration

(noun) the act of charging a liquid with a gas making it effervescent

aeration

(noun) the process of exposing to air (so as to purify); “the aeration of the soil”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

aeration (countable and uncountable, plural aerations)

The process by which air is circulated through or mixed with a substance such as soil or a liquid.

Anagrams

• Aaronite

Source: Wiktionary


A`ër*a"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. aération.]

1. Exposure to the free action of the air; airing; as, aëration of soil, of spawn, etc.

2. (Physiol.)

Definition: A change produced in the blood by exposure to the air in respiration; oxygenation of the blood in respiration; arterialization.

3. The act or preparation of charging with carbonic acid gas or with oxygen.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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21 April 2025

ENCYCLOPEDIA

(noun) a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty


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