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The process by which air is circulated through or mixed with a substance such as soil or a liquid.
Examples of aeration in a Sentence
In this plant the aeration is conducted by blowing in air at the base of the condenser.
Think about the following... Joints, flanges Crevices let stagnant liquid accumulate, causing locally accelerated corrosion from differential aeration.
It is a wrong though common practice to press the surface of the soil in the pot in order to feel if it is moist enough, as this soon consolidates it, and prevents it from getting the full benefit of aeration.
The important function of aeration, by which the inner living tissues of the bulky plant-body obtain the oxygen necessary for their respiration, is secured by the development of an extensive system of intercellular spaces communicating with the external air.
The aeration of the water is effected by blowing air into the steam before it is condensed; as an auxiliary, the storage tanks have a false bottom perforated by fine holes so that if air be injected below it, the water is efficiently aerated by the air which traverses it in fine streams. After condensation the water is filtered through charcoal.
This leads to poor drainage and reduced aeration.
According to the manufacturers, it is safe to till into the soil and provides aeration.
Play Dry Waterproof Pullover Jacket has water aeration holes at the underarm, neck and sleeves.
This, in turn, not only raises the nutrient levels in your soil but also increases water penetration and aeration.
Organic fertilizer adds to this ecosystem, providing aeration, protection, organic matter, and nutrition.
Older, more well-aged wines will not benefit from aeration, and the delicate flavor profiles may actually deteriorate if you allow them to sit with the surface exposed to air.
To determine whether or not a wine can benefit from aeration, pour a small bit before decanting and taste it.
In less than five minutes, wine poured into a breathable wine glass will have many of the same taste and aroma changes which would have taken thirty minutes to two hours of aeration using a decanter.
Also known as letting the wine breathe, aeration allows tannins to soften and flavors to emerge from behind them.
It should be observed that the free acid is gradually neutralized, partly by chemical action on certain constituents of the slime, partly by local action between different metals of the anode, both of which effect solution independently of the current, and partly by the peroxidation (or aeration) of ferrous sulphate formed from the iron in the anode.
However, the benefits of frequent tine aeration far outweigh the side affects.
But research showed that this process of nitrification is dependent on temperature, aeration and moisture, as is life, and that while nitre-beds can infect one another, the process is stopped by sterilization.
They serve probably for the aeration of the gonads by admitting to their vicinit y water with its dissolved oxygen; they never serve as genital ducts, since the generative products are always dehisced into the stomach and pass out by the mouth.
In the majority of cases the good results obtained are more particularly due to the setting free of " dormant " or " latent " food constituents and to the amelioration of the texture of the soil, so that its aeration, drainage, temperature and water-holding capacity are altered for the better.
Again, the well-known action of earthworms may be said to be a biological work; but the resulting aeration of the soil causes edaphic differences; and earthworms are absent from certain soils, such as peat.
The stems are frequently characterized by aeration channels, which connect the aerial parts with the parts which are buried in practically airless mud or silt.
Related to the physiological drought, such plants possess some xerophytic characters; and, related to the physical wetness, the plants possess the aeration channels.
The efficiency of drainage, digging, hoeing and like operations is accounted for by the manner in which they promote aeration of the soil, raise its temperature and remove its stagnant water.