Aeration
//ɛːˈɹeɪʃ(ə)n// noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The process by which air is circulated through or mixed with a substance such as soil or a liquid. countable, uncountable
"The Mekydro transmission employs a single converter and a four-speed mechanical gearbox, which has the advantage of cheapness and simplicity for the same number of gear changes, and does away with the necessity for constantly emptying and filling converters, which tends to harm the oil by aeration."
- 2 the act of charging a liquid with a gas making it effervescent wordnet
- 3 By extension, a process in which other gases (such as carbon dioxide or nitrogen or argon) are circulated through or mixed with a substance (usually liquid), sometimes with the consequence of increasing the transfer of air into the same liquid at the surface due to the induced circulation. countable, uncountable
- 4 the process of exposing to air (so as to purify) wordnet
Example
More examples"The Mekydro transmission employs a single converter and a four-speed mechanical gearbox, which has the advantage of cheapness and simplicity for the same number of gear changes, and does away with the necessity for constantly emptying and filling converters, which tends to harm the oil by aeration."
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