"acidification" meaning in English

See acidification in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /əˌsɪdɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-acidification.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-acidification.wav Forms: acidifications [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: Borrowed from French acidification, equivalent to acid + -ification. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|fr|acidification}} Borrowed from French acidification, {{af|en|acid|-ification}} acid + -ification Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} acidification (countable and uncountable, plural acidifications)
  1. The act or process of making something sour (acidifying), or changing into an acid. Tags: countable, uncountable Derived forms: deacidification, hyperacidification, ocean acidification, reacidification Related terms: acidify Translations (the act or process of making something sour (acidifying), or changing into an acid): подкисляване (podkisljavane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), acidificació [feminine] (Catalan), 酸化 (suānhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), verzuring [feminine] (Dutch), happamoittaminen (english: act) (Finnish), happamoituminen (english: process) (Finnish), acidification [feminine] (French), Säurebildung [feminine] (German), Säuerung [feminine] (German), Säuern [neuter] (German), Versäuerung [feminine] (German), Ansäuerung [feminine] (German), Azidifikation [feminine] (German), Versauerung [feminine] (German), οξίνιση (oxínisi) [feminine] (Greek), acidification (Interlingua), acidificazione [feminine] (Italian), 酸性化 (sanseika) (alt: さんせいか) (Japanese), acidificação [feminine] (Portuguese), acidificare [feminine] (Romanian), окисле́ние (okislénije) [neuter] (Russian), подкисле́ние (podkislénije) [neuter] (Russian), кислова́ние (kislovánije) [neuter] (Russian), acidificación [feminine] (Spanish), syrning (Swedish), försurning (note: of land or water) (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the act or process of making something sour (acidifying), or changing into an acid",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "acidificação"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "the act or process of making something sour (acidifying), or changing into an acid",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "acidificare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "okislénije",
      "sense": "the act or process of making something sour (acidifying), or changing into an acid",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "окисле́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podkislénije",
      "sense": "the act or process of making something sour (acidifying), or changing into an acid",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "подкисле́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kislovánije",
      "sense": "the act or process of making something sour (acidifying), or changing into an acid",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "кислова́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the act or process of making something sour (acidifying), or changing into an acid",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "acidificación"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the act or process of making something sour (acidifying), or changing into an acid",
      "word": "syrning"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "note": "of land or water",
      "sense": "the act or process of making something sour (acidifying), or changing into an acid",
      "word": "försurning"
    }
  ],
  "word": "acidification"
}

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