| Aeration 1. (n.) Exposure to the free action of the air; airing; as, aeration of soil, of spawn, etc. 2. (n.) A change produced in the blood by exposure to the air in respiration; oxygenation of the blood in respiration; arterialization. 3. (n.) The act or preparation of charging with carbonic acid gas or with oxygen. Thesaurus Entries adiabatic absorption, adiabatic demagnetization, adiabatic expansion, aerage, aeration, air cooling, airing, blast freezing, chilling, congealment, congelation, cooling, cross-ventilation, cryogenics, deep freezing, dehydrofreezing, electric refrigeration, food freezing, freezing, gas refrigeration, glaciation, glacification, infrigidation, mechanical refrigeration, oxygenation, oxygenization, perflation, quick freezing, reduction of temperature, refreezing, refreshment, refrigeration, regelation, sharp freezing, super-cooling, ventilation |