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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.