Neutralization Definition

no͝otrə-lĭ-zāshən, nyo͝o-
noun
The act or process of neutralizing.
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The state or quality of being neutralized.
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A reaction between an acid and a base, usually yielding a salt and water.
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Other Word Forms of Neutralization

Noun

Singular:
neutralization
Plural:
neutralizations

Origin of Neutralization

  • neutral +"Ž -ization

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Neutralization Sentence Examples

  • After neutralization, it gives a white precipitate with silver nitrate.

  • Of waterways, international rivers have been the chief subject of neutralization.

  • Geoffroy in 1741 pointed out that the fat or oil recovered from a soap solution by neutralization with a mineral acid differs from the original fatty substance by dissolving readily in alcohol, which is not the case with ordinary fats and oils.

  • Among the different methods which have grown up practically in our own time for the exclusion of war is neutralization.

  • The treatment consists in the prompt neutralization of the acid, by chalk, magnesia, whiting, plaster, soap or any alkaline substance at hand; emetics or the stomach pump should not be used.

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Words Starting With

NNENEU

Words Ending With

NONION

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neutralization

Words Starting With N and Ending With N

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