"ionize" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈaɪ.ə.naɪz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ionize.wav [Southern-England] Forms: ionizes [present, singular, third-person], ionizing [participle, present], ionized [participle, past], ionized [past]
enPR: ī'-ə-nīz Etymology: ion + -ize Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|ion|-ize}} ion + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} ionize (third-person singular simple present ionizes, present participle ionizing, simple past and past participle ionized)
  1. (physical chemistry) To dissociate atoms or molecules into electrically charged species; to be thus dissociated. Tags: physical Categories (topical): Ions, Physical chemistry Synonyms: ionise Derived forms: deionize, ionization, ionizer, ionizing, non-ionizing radiation Translations (to dissociate atoms or molecules into electrically charged species): أَيَّنَ (ʔayyana) (Arabic), ionitzar (Catalan), jonigi (Esperanto), ionisoida (Finnish), ionisoitua (Finnish), ioniser (French), ιονίζω (ionízo) (Greek), ionizál (Hungarian), jóna (Icelandic), ionizzare (Italian), whakakatote (Maori), ionisere (Norwegian), jonizować [imperfective] (Polish), zjonizować [perfective] (Polish), ionizar (Portuguese), ioniza (Romanian), ionizar (Spanish), jonisera (Swedish), sadagipikin (Tagalog), అయనీకరణం చెందు (ayanīkaraṇaṁ cendu) (Telugu), అయనీకరించు (ayanīkariñcu) (Telugu)

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