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to aerify

to aerify

9.9
To turn a liquid or solid into gas when heat makes it rise into the air
  • verb
  • /ˈɛrəˌfaɪ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : aerificar
  • When the temperature rises, certain compounds can aerify and escape into the atmosphere.

Examples

  • Scientists are studying new ways to aerify wastewater as part of advanced purification techniques.

  • They will aerify the liquid before testing it.

  • The company developed a machine to aerify liquid chemicals for industrial processes.

  • Don't aerify this too quickly!

  • The scientists designed a method to aerify the sludge, turning it into a gas to improve waste management.

  • Innovative technologies aim to aerify liquid models, making them suitable for analysis and experimentation.

  • As the heat intensified, the liquid began to aerify, releasing gas into the laboratory air.

Synonyms

to evaporate
vsto aerify
45 3.5

Change a liquid like water into gas by heating

applies more widely to any conversion into gas not only liquids
to vaporize
vsto aerify
  • US
17 5.3

To change from a liquid into gas, usually by heating

is the general process of becoming gas without method limits
to gasify
vsto aerify
  • Specialized
1 7.0

To change something into gas by heating it or by a chemical reaction

means making something into gas in any way
to sublimate
vsto aerify
  • Specialized
1 8.7

To change from a solid to a gas without becoming liquid

is the broader term for turning into gas by any route
to sublime
vsto aerify
  • Specialized
1 8.2

Change from a solid directly into a gas without becoming liquid

is the general expression for becoming a gas in any way

How Gaseous

to vaporize
  • US
17 5.3
to aerify
  • Specialized
9.9
to evaporate
45 3.5
to heat
298 1.0

Surface Forms

aerify infinitive
aerified past
aerified past participle
aerifying present participle
aerifies third person singular

Morphology

aerify = aer + ify

Formed from the combining form 'aer-' (air) plus the productive suffix '-ify', but 'aer' is not a standalone English word and the verb is rare, so learners cannot reliably infer the meaning from its parts.

Etymology

Aerify comes from the root aer- meaning 'air', the same idea as the common English word 'air' and the root in words like aeroplane and aerobic. So to aerify is to 'make into air' or to change something into a gas, which is why the word is used for turning liquids or substances into gas.