Aeration

[eɪə'reɪʃən] or [,eə'reʃən]

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

(noun.) the process of exposing to air (so as to purify); 'the aeration of the soil'.

Typist: Stacey--From WordNet

(n.) Exposure to the free action of the air; airing; as, aeration of soil, of spawn, etc.

(n.) A change produced in the blood by exposure to the air in respiration; oxygenation of the blood in respiration; arterialization.

(n.) The act or preparation of charging with carbonic acid gas or with oxygen.

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