The removal of water from something; the process of drying out or eliminating water content.
Latin prefix 'de-' (meaning away/removal) combined with 'aquation' (from Latin 'aqua' meaning water, with '-ation' creating a noun for the process).
Deaquation is the scientific term for what gardeners call 'drying out' plants, and it's crucial in food preservation—ancient peoples intuitively discovered that removing water from fruit and meat prevented spoiling long before understanding bacteria.
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