aeration

[air-ay-shuhn]

noun

1. the act or process of aerating; exposure to or treatment with air or another gas, such as carbon dioxide.

Example Sentences

Residents near aeration equipment, which injects air into water, in part to help fish survive, complained of odors entering their homes and experiencing health problems.

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As Max Falkowitz writes in Serious Eats, "But the soft serve machine didn't reach its peak until the '50s and '60s, when new technologies allowed for better aeration and churning of liquid bases."

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That, in turn, increases the likelihood of soil cracking and aeration.

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Sherman also points out that compostable paper products like newspaper or paper towels can get “mushy” and compacted in a compost pile, preventing aeration.

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There are many reasons a bartender will serve a cocktail in a particular kind of glass, dilution and aeration among them.

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