de-aeratev.
transitive. To remove air from.
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the world > matter > gas > air > [verb (transitive)] > remove air from
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1791 Edinb. New Dispensatory (ed. 3) 65 Calling them aerated and de-aerated.
1919 H. G. Wells Outl. Hist. (1920) I. 17/2 The water has become deaerated and foul.
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de-ˈaerated adj.
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1878 A. Ure Dict. Arts (ed. 8) IV. 240 A flask..filled up with hot de-aerated water.
de-ˈaerating n. and adj.
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1960 Times 12 Feb. 3/1 Condensing, Feed Heating and De-aerating plant.
de-aerˈation n.
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1830 Westm. Rev. 12 38 The dirt and the stagnation and the de-aeration of the water.
de-ˈaerator n.
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1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 227/1 De-aerator, a vessel in which boiler feed water is heated under reduced pressure in order to remove dissolved air.
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