pasteurisation
pasteurisation noun: heat-treatment of a perishable food to destroy heat-sensitive vegetative cells followed by immediate cooling to limit growth of the surviving cells and germination of spores.
Noun
pasteurisation (countable and uncountable, plural pasteurisations)
- Heat-treatment of a perishable food to destroy heat-sensitive vegetative cells followed by immediate cooling to limit growth of the surviving cells and germination of spores.
- Lorries collect the milk from the various outlying farms, whence it is taken to the district distribution centre to undergo pasteurisation.1959 March, R. C. Rley, “Home with the Milk”, in Trains Illustrated, pages 155, 157
pasteurisation meaning in Tamil, Kannada and Indonesian
pasteurisation in Tamil
- பதனீட்டல், நுண்ணுயிர் வளர்ச்சித்தடை, சடுதி குளிர்விப்பி, சடுதி வெப்பமூட்டி
pasteurisation in Kannada
- ಉಕ್ಕಾರಿಕೆ
pasteurisation in Indonesian
- treatment of perishable food
- pasteurisasi
Forms of pasteurisation
| plural | pasteurisations |
|---|---|
| alternative form | pasteurization |
Origin of pasteurisation
From French pasteurisation, from the surname of its inventor, Louis Pasteur.
Words that rhyme with pasteurisation
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
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- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about pasteurisation
- What does pasteurisation mean?
- Pasteurisation means heat-treatment of a perishable food to destroy heat-sensitive vegetative cells followed by immediate cooling to limit growth of the surviving cells and germination of spores.
- What is pasteurisation in Tamil?
- Pasteurisation in Tamil is பதனீட்டல், நுண்ணுயிர் வளர்ச்சித்தடை, சடுதி குளிர்விப்பி. See Pasteurisation meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is pasteurisation?
- Pasteurisation is a noun.
- What is the plural of pasteurisation?
- The plural of pasteurisation is pasteurisations.
Words near pasteurisation in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: pasteurisation (page history and authors); pasteurisation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pasteurisation (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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