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aerated, ppl. a.|ˈeɪəreɪtɪd, ˈɛər-|
[f. prec. + -ed.]
1. Exposed to the action of the air, supplied with air, charged with air. Also aerated concrete (see quot. 1956).
1800S. Mitchill Let. 3 Dec. in T. J. Pettigrew Mem. of Lettsom (1817) III. 218 An opinion, held by several eminent men, that aërated pus was of an acid quality. 1862Ansted Channel Isl. 10 The water is always well aërated, there is abundant vegetation. 1875Richardson Dis. Mod. Life 34 The body, fed with a blood that is only partially aerated, is imperfectly heated. 1947Brit. Standard 1364 (title) Aerated Concrete Building Blocks. 1956Gloss. Terms Concrete (B.S.I.) 13 Aerated concrete, lightweight concrete in which the lightness is obtained by the formation of bubbles of air or gas in the plastic mix which are retained on setting and hardening.
2. Charged with carbonic acid gas (or oxygen), so as to effervesce; raised, as bread, by means of such effervescence. Also fig.
1794Sullivan View of Nat. I. 454 Ponderous spar, is a terra ponderosa, combined with the aerial acid, and aerated baroselenites. 1861Wynter Social Bees 162 In the production..of aërated bread, the hand of the workman never touches the material. 1870Lowell Among my Bks. i. (1873) 21 The best English poetry..is understanding aerated by imagination. 1880Beale Slight Ailm. 149 Most practitioners recommend their patients to drink special aerated waters. |