"autoionization" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "auto",
        "3": "ionization"
      },
      "expansion": "auto- + ionization",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From auto- + ionization.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "autoionizations",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "autoionization (countable and uncountable, plural autoionizations)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms prefixed with auto-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Italian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Polish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "autoionizational"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A process by which atoms or molecules spontaneously transition from an electrically neutral state to a lower-energy ionized state"
      ],
      "id": "en-autoionization-en-noun-WwNArF6F",
      "links": [
        [
          "spontaneous",
          "spontaneous"
        ],
        [
          "transition",
          "transition"
        ],
        [
          "ionize",
          "ionize"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "autoionisation"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "autoionizzazione"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "autojonizacja"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "autoionization"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "autoionizational"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "auto",
        "3": "ionization"
      },
      "expansion": "auto- + ionization",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From auto- + ionization.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "autoionizations",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "autoionization (countable and uncountable, plural autoionizations)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms prefixed with auto-",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Entries with translation boxes",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Translation table header lacks gloss"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A process by which atoms or molecules spontaneously transition from an electrically neutral state to a lower-energy ionized state"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "spontaneous",
          "spontaneous"
        ],
        [
          "transition",
          "transition"
        ],
        [
          "ionize",
          "ionize"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "autoionisation"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "autoionizzazione"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "autojonizacja"
    }
  ],
  "word": "autoionization"
}