aëration

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: aer=a=tion

CIDE DICTIONARY

aëration, n. [Cf. F. aération.].

•  Exposure to the free action of the air; airing; as, aëration of soil, of spawn, etc.  [1913 Webster]
•  A change produced in the blood by exposure to the air in respiration; oxygenation of the blood in respiration; arterialization.  [1913 Webster]
•  The act or preparation of charging a liquid with carbon dioxide gas to make it effervescent.  [1913 Webster]
•  the act of charging a liquid with air or oxygen for the purpose of purification.  [WordNet 1.5]

ROGET THESAURUS

aëration

Gaseity

N gaseity, vaporousness, flatulence, flatulency, volatility, aeration, aerification, elastic fluid, gas, air, vapor, ether, steam, essence, fume, reek, effluvium, flatus, cloud, ammonia, ammoniacal gas, volatile alkali, vacuum, partial vacuum, pneumatics, pneumatostatics, aerostatics, aerodynamics, gasmeter, gasometer, air bladder, swimming bladder, sound, (of a fish), gaseous, aeriform, ethereal, aerial, airy, vaporous, volatile, evaporable, flatulent.