de-ˈaerate, v.
[f. de- + aerate v.]
trans. To remove air from. So de-ˈaerated ppl. a.; de-ˈaerating vbl. n. and ppl. a.; de-aerˈation, de-ˈaerator.
| 1791 Edin. New Disp. 65 Calling them aerated and de-aerated. 1830 Westm. Rev. XII. 38 The dirt and the stagnation and the de-aeration of the water. 1878 Ure Dict. Arts (ed. 8) IV. 240 A flask..filled up with hot de-aerated water. 1919 H. G. Wells Outl. Hist. (1920) I. 17/2 The water has become deaerated and foul. 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. 1960 Times 12 Feb. 3/1 Condensing, Feed Heating and De-aerating plant. |