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deaeration

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de⋅aer⋅ate

[dee-air-eyt, -ey-uh-reyt]
–verb (used with object), -at⋅ed, -at⋅ing.
1. to remove air or gas from.
2. to remove bubbles from (a liquid, as boiler feedwater), as by mechanical agitation in a vacuum or by heating at atmospheric pressure.
Also, de-aerate.


Origin:
1785–95; de- + aerate


de⋅aer⋅a⋅tion, noun
de⋅aer⋅a⋅tor [dee-air-ey-ter, -ey-uh-rey-] , noun
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