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Aerating
p. pr. & vb. n.
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Aerate
v. t.
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To combine or charge with gas; usually with carbonic acid gas, formerly called fixed air.
Aerate
v. t.
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To supply or impregnate with common air; as, to aerate soil; to aerate water.
Aerate
v. t.
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To expose to the chemical action of air; to oxygenate (the blood) by respiration; to arterialize.
Aeration
n.
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Exposure to the free action of the air; airing; as, aeration of soil, of spawn, etc.
Aeration
n.
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A change produced in the blood by exposure to the air in respiration; oxygenation of the blood in respiration; arterialization.
Aeration
n.
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The act or preparation of charging with carbonic acid gas or with oxygen.
Aerator
n.
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That which supplies with air; esp. an apparatus used for charging mineral waters with gas and in making soda water.
Aerial
a.
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Of or pertaining to the air, or atmosphere; inhabiting or frequenting the air; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air; as, aerial regions or currents.
Aerial
a.
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Consisting of air; resembling, or partaking of the nature of air. Hence: Unsubstantial; unreal.
Aerial
a.
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Rising aloft in air; high; lofty; as, aerial spires.
Aerial
a.
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Growing, forming, or existing in the air, as opposed to growing or existing in earth or water, or underground; as, aerial rootlets, aerial plants.
Aerial
a.
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Light as air; ethereal.
Aeriality
n.
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The state of being aerial; unsubstantiality.
Aerially
adv.
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Like, or from, the air; in an aerial manner.
Aerie
n.
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The nest of a bird of prey, as of an eagle or hawk; also a brood of such birds; eyrie. Shak. Also fig.: A human residence or resting place perched like an eagle's nest.
Aeriferous
a.
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Conveying or containing air; air-bearing; as, the windpipe is an aeriferous tube.
Aerification
n.
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The act of combining air with another substance, or the state of being filled with air.
Aerification
n.
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The act of becoming aerified, or of changing from a solid or liquid form into an aeriform state; the state of being aeriform.
Aeriform
a.
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Having the form or nature of air, or of an elastic fluid; gaseous. Hence fig.: Unreal.
Aerify
v. t.
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To infuse air into; to combine air with.
Aerify
v. t.
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To change into an aeriform state.
Aerobies
n. pl.
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Microorganisms which live in contact with the air and need oxygen for their growth; as the microbacteria which form on the surface of putrefactive fluids.
Aerobiotic
a.
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Related to, or of the nature of, aerobies; as, aerobiotic plants, which live only when supplied with free oxygen.
Aerocyst
n.
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One of the air cells of algals.
Aerodynamic
a.
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Pertaining to the force of air in motion.
Aerodynamics
n.
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The science which treats of the air and other gaseous bodies under the action of force, and of their mechanical effects.
Aerognosy
n.
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The science which treats of the properties of the air, and of the part it plays in nature.
Aerographer
n.
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One versed in aeography: an aerologist.
Aerographical
a.
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Pertaining to aerography; aerological.