pasteurisation
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Etymology edit
From French pasteurisation, from the surname of its inventor, Louis Pasteur.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun edit
pasteurisation (countable and uncountable, plural pasteurisations)
- (British spelling) 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.
- 1959 March, R. C. Rley, “Home with the Milk”, in Trains Illustrated, pages 155, 157:
- Lorries collect the milk from the various outlying farms, whence it is taken to the district distribution centre to undergo pasteurisation.
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treatment of perishable food
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French edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pasteurisation f (plural pasteurisations)
Further reading edit
- “pasteurisation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.