aeration

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Synonyms: aration, airation, deration, vexation, elation, aberration, adoration, relation, laceration, operation, iteration

Antonyms: aration, airation, deration, vexation, elation, aberration, adoration, relation, laceration, operation, iteration

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Noun

1. The [[process]] by which [[air]] is [[circulate]]d through or [[mixed]] with a substance such as [[soil]] or a [[liquid]].
2. By extension, a [[process]] in which other gases (such as [[carbon dioxide]] or [[nitrogen]] or [[argon]]) are [[circulate]]d 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.

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