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pasteurisation

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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From French pasteurisation, from the surname of its inventor, Louis Pasteur.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pasteurisation (countable and uncountable, plural pasteurisations)

  1. (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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French

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pas.tœ.ʁi.za.sjɔ̃/
  • Rhymes: -ɔ̃
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Noun

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pasteurisation f (plural pasteurisations)

  1. pasteurisation

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