decantation

de·cant

D0067500 (dĭ-kănt′)tr.v. de·cant·ed, de·cant·ing, de·cants 1. To pour off (wine, for example) without disturbing the sediment.2. To pour (a liquid) from one container into another.3. To aerate (a wine) by pouring it into a spacious vessel and leaving it exposed to the air for a period of time: decanted the wine for twenty minutes before serving.

[Medieval Latin dēcanthāre : Latin dē-, de- + Latin canthus, rim of a wheel or vessel (of Celtic origin).]

de′can·ta′tion (dē′kăn-tā′shən) n.

decantation

(ˌdiːkænˈteɪʃən) n (Chemistry) the act of decanting a liquid

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Noun

decantation - the act of gently pouring off a clear liquor (as from its original bottle) without disturbing the leestransfusion - the action of pouring a liquid from one vessel to another

Decantation

decantation

[′dē‚kan′tā·shən] (engineering) A method for mechanical dewatering of a wet solid by pouring off the liquid without disturbing underlying sediment or precipitate.

Decantation

the pouring off of liquid from underlying sediment. Decantation is a laboratory and technical method of washing amorphous precipitates, making possible a more complete removal of mother liquor than does washing the precipitate through a filter. It is also used to extract soluble substances from powdered solid raw material (for example, for removing the sugar solution after treating sugar beet cossettes with hot water).

REFERENCES

Voskresenskii, P. I. Tekhnika laboratornykh rabot, 9th ed. Moscow, 1969.
Kasatkin, A. G. Osnovnye protsessy i apparaty khimicheskoi tekhnologii, 7th ed. Moscow, 1961.

decantation

[de-kan-ta´shun] the pouring of a clear supernatant liquid from a sediment.

de·can·ta·tion

(dē'kan-tā'shŭn), Pouring off the clear upper portion of a fluid, leaving a sediment or precipitate.

decantation

noun

Words related to decantation

noun the act of gently pouring off a clear liquor (as from its original bottle) without disturbing the lees

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transfusion

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