aeration Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the process of exposing to air (so as to purify)
    • the aeration of the soil
  2. noun the act of charging a liquid with a gas making it effervescent

WordNet

A`ër*a"tion noun (Also<
  • Aeration
  • Aëration
)
Etymology
Cf. F. aération.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913