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Webster 1913 Edition


Aeration

aer-a′tion

,

Aˊër-a′tion

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
aération
.]
1.
Exposure to the free action of the air; airing;
as,
aëration
of soil, of spawn, etc.
2.
(Physiol.)
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 a liquid with carbon dioxide gas to make it effervescent.

Webster 1828 Edition


Aeration

AERA'TION

,
Noun.
The act or operation of combining with carbonic acid.

Definition 2024


aération

aération

See also: aeration and aëration

French

Noun

aération f (plural aérations)

  1. Ventilation; airing out (of a space).