"autoionize" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: autoionizes [present, singular, third-person], autoionizing [participle, present], autoionized [participle, past], autoionized [past]
Etymology: auto- + ionize Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|auto|ionize}} auto- + ionize Head templates: {{en-verb}} autoionize (third-person singular simple present autoionizes, present participle autoionizing, simple past and past participle autoionized)
  1. (physics, of an atom or molecule) To spontaneously transition from an electrically neutral state to a lower-energy ionized state Categories (topical): Physics Synonyms: autoionise Derived forms: autoionization, autoionizer

Inflected forms

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