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Definitions: Aeration |
AerationNoun1. The process of exposing to air (so as to purify). 2. The act of charging a liquid with a gas making it effervescent. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Environment | A process which promotes biological degradation of organic matter in water. The process may be passive (as when waste is exposed to air), or active (as when a mixing or bubbling device introduces the air). (references) |
| Introduction of air into e. g. waste to promote aerobic processes and microbial activity, or in order to effect separation, for example, flotation. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Permeation of soil with air to harness the degradation activities of microorganisms. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Food & Agriculture | Placing a liquid in contact with air either by exposure to air by forcing air through the liquid. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. The introduction of air into the pulp in a flotation cell in order to form air bubbles b. In mineral beneficiation, use of copious air bubbled into mineral pulps (1) to provide oxygen in cyanidation, (2) to prevent settlement of solids, and (3) to remove aerophilic minerals in froth flotation by binding them into a mineralized froth that is temporarily stabilized by frothing agents c. The process of relieving the effects of cavitation by admitting air tothe section affected. (references) |
Personal Care & Hotels | Exposing a substance or enclosure to fresh air circulation. Source: European Union. (references) |
Physics | A more or less stable extended air-liquid interface arising when bubbles persist at the surface of a fluid. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Gaseity | Noun: gaseity; vaporousness. Adjective: flatulence, flatulency; volatility; aeration, aerification. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Aeration |
| English words defined with "aeration": activated, Arterialization ♦ cultivator ♦ tiller. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "aeration": A no., aerated pile method, aeration number, Aeration Tank, Aeration Zone, Aerobic Treatment, ATB no. ♦ belt of fluctuation of water table, belt of phreatic fluctuation, Biostabilizer ♦ Diffused Air ♦ held water ♦ Influent Seepage, Influent Stream ♦ lack of oxygen, Lyster process ♦ Mechanical Aeration, Mixed Liquor ♦ pendular stage, preaeration ♦ soil cultivation, soil working, suspended water ♦ tillage operations ♦ vadose water, Vadose Zone ♦ Wallace agitator ♦ Zone of Aeration, zone of capillarity. (references) |
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Economic History | Malaysia | In terms of technology, industries are looking for compact biological treatment systems and aeration equipment systems. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Aeration" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Aeration" is used about 66 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 66 | 41,290 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "aeration": aeration number ♦ aeration zone ♦ zone of aeration. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "aeration": pre-aeration. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
pond aeration | 81 |
aeration | 79 |
lawn aeration | 76 |
aeration tubing | 30 |
aeration system | 29 |
aeration package | 22 |
lake aeration | 17 |
aeration de icers kasco | 16 |
aeration core | 13 |
aeration pond windmill | 13 |
aeration equipment | 10 |
wastewater aeration | 10 |
aeration windmill | 9 |
aeration tank | 7 |
aeration cabinet | 7 |
aeration pump | 7 |
aeration septic system | 6 |
aeration pond solar | 6 |
jet aeration | 5 |
aeration shoes | 5 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "aeration"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | ajrim (airing, ventilation), ventilim (ventilation), gazim. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | تهوئة (airing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | газиране, вентилиране, аерация, проветряване (airing, blow, ventilation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 通风 (Airy, Breezy, Ventilate, Ventilated, Ventilating). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | air condition (air conditioning, air renewal), skumdannelse (foam, foaming, frothing, surging), luftning, luftkonditionering (air conditioning, air handling, air renewal), luftfornyelse (ventilation), klimaanlaeg (air renewal), iltning (oxidation, oxygenation), beluftning. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | airconditioning (air conditioning, air renewal, air-conditioning, climatisation), ventilatie (air-circulation, breakdown, fanning, make-up, ventilation), toevoegen van zuurstof, schuimvorming (foam, foaming, frothing, surging), luchten (aerate, air out, give an airing, ventilate), luchtbehandeling (air conditioning, air handling, air renewal, air treatment, air-conditioning), klimaatregeling (air conditioning, air handling, air renewal, air-conditioning, climatisation), inblazen van lucht, beluchting. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | vaahtoaminen (foam, foaming), ilmastus, ilman erottuminen (foam), happilisäys. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | aération. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | mit Luft durchsetzt, Lüftung (air-circulation, airing, bleeding, fanning, ventilation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | εξαερισμόσ, εμφύσηση αέρος, ανανέωση του αέρα, αφρός (foam, froth, mousse, scum, spray), αερισμόσ (airing, ventilation), αερισμός (air renewal, air-circulation, fanning, ventilation, venting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | אורור (airing, vent, ventilation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szellőzés (ventilation), levegőztetés. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | pengisian angin, penganginan. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | aerazione (air renewal, air-circulation, airing, fanning, ventilation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | gassaghey (aerate, gas), aeraghey (aerate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | aerationay arejamento (ventilation). (various references) aerisire (airing, ventilation), aerare, aeraţie. (various references) сатурация (saturation), вентиляция (airing, ventilation), проветривание (ventilation). (various references) aeracija, ventilacija (airway, ventilation), provetravanje (airing, ventilation). (various references) aireación (air renewal, air-circulation, fanning, ventilation). (various references) vädring (airing), skumbildning (foam), luftning (airing). (various references) havalanma (blastoff, lift off, take off, ventilation), havalandırma (air conditioning, airing, blower, fanner, ventilating, ventilation). (various references) газування, вентилювання, аерація, провітрювання (airing). (various references) sự quạt gió cho hơi v o, sự l m thông. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "aeration": aerations. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "aeration": deaeration. (additional references) | |
Words containing "aeration": deaerations. (additional references) | |
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"Aeration" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aberation, aberition, adrelion, Aeradio, aerarian, aerasion, airation, amerasian, aperition, arathion, Arcachon, aristion, Auaralion, averation, avertion, Averulino, earation, eration, heraion, iration, peration. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-i-n-o-r-t" | |
-2 letters: antiar, aortae, aroint, atoner, norite, orient, ornate, ratine, ration, retain, retina, taenia, tonier. | |
-3 letters: anear, antae, antra, antre, aorta, arena, atone, atria, entia, inert, inter, intro, irate, irone, naira, niter, nitre, nitro, noria, noter, oaten, oater, orate, ratan, ratio, reata, retia, riant, riata, tenia, tenor, terai, tiara, tinea, toner, train, trine, trona, trone. | |
-4 letters: aeon, aero, airn, airt, anoa, anta, ante, anti, area, aria, earn, etna, inro, into, iota, iron, naoi, near, neat, nite, noir, nori, nota, note, raia, rain, rani, rant, rate, rato, rein, rent, riot, rite, roan, rota, rote, roti, tain, tare, tarn, taro, tear, tern, tier, tine, tire, tiro, toea, tone, tora, tore, tori, torn, trio. | |
-5 letters: ain, air, ait, ana, ane, ani, ant, are, art, ate, ear, eat, eon, era, ern, eta, ion, ire, nae, net, nit, nor, not, oar, oat, one, ora, ore, ort, ran, rat, rei, ret, ria, rin, roe, rot, tae, tan, tao, tar, tea, ten, tie, tin, toe, ton, tor. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-e-i-n-o-r-t" | |
+1 letter: aerations, alienator, aragonite, rationale. | |
+2 letters: aberration, abreaction, aeronautic, alienators, alteration, aragonites, deaeration, laceration, laureation, maceration, praetorian, rationales, relational, relaxation, reparation, senatorial, senatorian, separation, trabeation, vacationer. | |
+3 letters: aberrations, abreactions, aeronautics, aggregation, alterations, altercation, alternation, anacreontic, bicarbonate, ceratopsian, deaerations, debarkation, declaration, degradation, demarcation, depravation, desalinator, diatessaron, elaborating, elaboration, emancipator, embarkation, enamoration, eradication, evaporating, evaporation, fractionate, lacerations, laureations, macerations, mandatories, nonmaterial, operational, praetorians, preparation, proletarian, rarefaction, ratiocinate, rationalise, rationalize, reactionary, realization, reanimation, recantation, reclamation, redactional, relaxations, reparations, reradiation, retaliation, retardation, revaluation, separations, trabeations, trepanation, vacationers, variegation. | |
+4 letters: abbreviation, aberrational, acceleration, accretionary, adulteration, aeromagnetic, aeronautical, aggregations, alliteration, altercations, alternations, ameliorating, amelioration, anacreontics, antipredator, antitakeover, appreciation, archegoniate, asseveration, azathioprine, bicarbonates, ceratopsians, coacervation, debarkations, declarations, deflagration, deflationary, degradations, demarcations, denaturation, depravations, deracination, derivational, desalinators, deuteranopia, diatessarons, elaborations, emancipators, emargination, embarkations, enamorations, endoparasite, eradications, evaporations, exacerbation, exaggeration, exasperation, exhilaration, expatriation, fractionated, fractionates, generational, hebraization, intercoastal, laterization, malversation, nationalizer, nonbacterial, nonnarrative, nonsectarian, octogenarian, outbargained, overtaxation, perorational, preparations, proletarians, racemization, rarefactions, ratiocinated, ratiocinates, rationalised, rationalises, rationalized, rationalizer, rationalizes, rationalness, reactivation, realizations, reallocating, reallocation, reanimations, reannexation, recantations, reclamations, recreational, reescalation, reevaluation, reflationary, relationally, renaturation, repatriation, replantation, reputational, reradiations, retaliations, retardations, revalidation, revaluations, scatteration, transoceanic, trepanations, variegations, velarization. | |
+5 letters: abbreviations, abnormalities, abortifacient, accelerations, accreditation, adulterations, afforestation, aggiornamento, agglomerating, agglomeration, aggregational, alliterations, ameliorations, anisometropia, anthraquinone, anticorporate, antiphonaries, antipredators, apportionable, appreciations, archegoniates, argumentation, asseverations, authenticator, azathioprines, bacterization, cartelization, cauterization, cinematograph, coacervations, coplanarities, correlational, cyanobacteria, decarbonating, decarbonation, deflagrations, deformational, degranulation, denaturations, deracinations, derealization, deuteranopias, diathermanous, documentarian, emarginations, endoparasites, endoparasitic, exacerbations, exaggerations, exasperations, exhilarations, expatriations, explanatorily, explorational, extraordinary, extrapolating, extrapolation, extravasation, fractionalize, fragmentation, galvanometric, geostationary, germanization, gubernatorial, hebraizations, hyperrational, inappropriate, incarceration, interactional, intercalation, international, intrapersonal, laterizations, linearization, maladroitness, malversations, manufactories, narratologies, nationalizers, naturopathies, neuroanatomic, nonirradiated, nonmainstream, nonnarratives, nonparametric, nontheatrical, nonvegetarian, observational, octogenarians, operationally, orientational, ornamentation, overtaxations, overvaluation, paramountcies, pentobarbital, perambulation, permutational, phenobarbital, plantocracies, preadaptation, precautionary, prevarication, prevocational, procrastinate, racemizations, radiationless, rarefactional, ratiocinative, rationalities, rationalizers, reactionaries, reactivations, reaffirmation, reaggregation, reallocations, reannexations, reapplication, reasonability, recalculation, recalibration, recontaminate, reescalations, reevaluations, reexamination, reformational, reincarnation, renationalize, renaturations, repatriations, replantations, retranslation, revaccination, revalidations, scatterations, separationist, serialization, skateboarding, spermatogonia, stationmaster, supernational, terminational, valedictorian, velarizations, verbalization, vernalization. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 65 72 61 74 69 6F 6E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- . .-. .- - .. --- -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100101 01110010 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A e r a t i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0065 0072 0061 0074 0069 006F 006E |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3571846786758180 |
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