Look up: canning

1. canning
   process of providing a material with a can Category: Nuclear industry (with applied atomic and nuclear physics)
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2. Canning
   • (p. pr. &vb. n.) of Can
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3. canning
   method of preserving food from spoilage by storing it in containers that are hermetically sealed and then sterilized by heat. The process was ... [9 related articles]
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4. Canning
   Canning is a method of preserving food in which the food contents are processed and sealed in an airtight container. Canning provides a typical shelf life ranging from one to five years, although under specific circumstances a freeze-dried canned product, such as canned, dried lentils, can last as ...
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5. canning
   canning, process of hermetically sealing cooked food for future use. It is a preservation method, in which prepared food is put in glass jars or metal cans that are hermetically sealed to keep out air and then heated to a specific temperature for a specified time to destroy disease-causing microorga...
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6. Canning
   Canning is the commercial operation of food preserving which involves the use of heat and sealing the food in airtight containers.
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7. canning
   Food preservation in hermetically sealed containers by the application of heat. Originated by Nicolas Appert in France in 1809 with glass containers, it was developed by Peter Durand in England in 1810 with cans made of sheet steel thinly coated with tin to delay corrosion. Cans for beer and soft dr...
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