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ionize

[ ahy-uh-nahyz ]

verb (used with object)

, i·on·ized, i·on·iz·ing.
  1. to separate or change into ions.
  2. to produce ions in.


verb (used without object)

, i·on·ized, i·on·iz·ing.
  1. to become changed into the form of ions, as by dissolving.

ionize

/ ˈaɪəˌnaɪz /

verb

  1. to change or become changed into ions
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


ionize

/ īə-nīz′ /

  1. To give an atom or group of atoms a net electric charge by adding or removing one or more electrons.
  2. To form ions in a substance. Lightning ionizes air, for example.


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Derived Forms

  • ˈionˌizable, adjective
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Other Words From

  • ion·iza·ble adjective
  • ion·i·zation noun
  • ion·izer noun
  • non·ion·ized adjective
  • non·ion·izing adjective
  • self-ion·i·zation noun
  • un·io·nized adjective
  • un·union·ized adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of ionize1

First recorded in 1895–1900; ion + -ize
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Example Sentences

Within Anderson’s chamber, liquid droplets condensed along the paths of energetic charged particles, a result of the particles ionizing gas molecules as they zipped along.

Those ionized particles are then sent back out into a room to find and destroy microorganisms.

That’s one clear advantage for ionizing purifiers, which don’t have a filter that needs replacing.

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Thanks to better technology and pressure from regulators, ionizing filters that don’t generate ozone are now available, and the California Air Resources Board has created a list of those that emit only safe levels of ozone.

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It comes from hydrogen gas inside the bubbles that was electrically charged, or ionized.

Second, the upper atmosphere of Eisberg was pretty much pure hydrogen, which is somewhat easier to ionize than oxygen or nitrogen.

Inorganic materials, when dissolved in water, usually ionize very readily.

Certain ultra-violet rays also ionize the air and cause the formation of ozone.

He's developed a system, which, thanks to the power we can get in that atostor, will sextuply ionize oxygen gas.

Organic compounds, on the other hand, ionize only very slowly, if at all.

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