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

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  1. n. Exposure to the free action of the air; airing; as, aeration of soil, of spawn, etc.
  2. n. A change produced in the blood by exposure to the air in respiration; oxygenation of the blood in respiration; arterialization.
  3. n. The act or preparation of charging with carbonic acid gas or with oxygen.
  4. n. the process of exposing to air (so as to purify)
  5. n. the act of charging a liquid with a gas making it effervescent
  6. 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 with carbonic acid gas or with oxygen.
  7. A change produced in the blood by exposure to the air inrespiration; oxygenation of the blood in respiration;arterialization.
  8. n:100 n. the process of exposing to air (so as to purify) n. the act of charging a liquid with a gas making it effervescent