Usually means: Removal of scum from liquids.
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  1. despumation: Merriam-Webster
  2. despumation: Collins English Dictionary
  3. despumation: Wordnik
  4. despumation: Wiktionary
  5. Despumation, despumation: Dictionary.com
  6. Despumation: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. despumation: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Despumation: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. despumation: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. despumation: FreeDictionary.org
  11. despumation: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (despumation)

▸ noun:  The act of throwing up froth or scum.
▸ noun:  Separation of scum or impurities from liquid; clarification.

Similar:
effumation, spumific, foaming, dephlegmation, purging, desulphuration, degasification, effervescence, depurition, spilling, more...

Opposite:
incrustation, accumulation, buildup, deposit

Types:
skimming, decanting, straining, filtering, clarifying, more...

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Similar:
effumation, spumific, foaming, dephlegmation, purging, desulphuration, degasification, effervescence, depurition, spilling, more...

Opposite:
incrustation, accumulation, buildup, deposit

Types:
skimming, decanting, straining, filtering, clarifying, more...



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