"ionize" meaning in English

See ionize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

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], ionise [alternative]
enPR: ī'-ə-nīz Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- Proto-Indo-European *h₁éyti Proto-Hellenic *éimi Ancient Greek ἰόν (ión)der. English ion Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English ionize From ion + -ize. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|ion|-ize|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- Proto-Indo-European *h₁éyti Proto-Hellenic *éimi Ancient Greek ἰόν (ión)der. English ion Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English ionize [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "alt" : "ἰόν", "id" : "to go", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "to go", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "go", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₁ey-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₁éyti", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*éimi", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "εἶμι", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "ion", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "verbal", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-id-", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-yéti", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-idyéti", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*-íďďō", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-ῐ́ζω", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Late Latin", "term" : "-izō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la-lat" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle French", "term" : "-iser", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "frm" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-isen", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ize", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "ionize", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="ionize"> From 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 Translations (to dissociate atoms or molecules into electrically charged species): أَيَّنَ (ʔayyana) (Arabic), йонизиран (joniziran) (Bulgarian), ionitzar (Catalan), ionisere (Danish), jonigi (Esperanto), ionisoida (Finnish), ionisoitua (Finnish), ioniser (French), ionisieren (German), ιονίζω (ionízo) (Greek), ionizál (Hungarian), jóna (Icelandic), ionizzare (Italian), whakakatote (Māori), ionisere (Norwegian), jonizować [imperfective] (Polish), zjonizować [perfective] (Polish), ionizar (Portuguese), ioniza (Romanian), ионизи́ровать (ionizírovatʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Russian), ионизова́ть (ionizovátʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Russian), ionizar (Spanish), jonisera (Swedish), sadagipikin (Tagalog), అయనీకరణం చెందు (ayanīkaraṇaṁ cendu) (Telugu), అయనీకరించు (ayanīkariñcu) (Telugu), іонізува́ти (ionizuváty) [imperfective, perfective] (Ukrainian)
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Inflected forms

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      "sense": "to dissociate atoms or molecules into electrically charged species",
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      "sense": "to dissociate atoms or molecules into electrically charged species",
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      "sense": "to dissociate atoms or molecules into electrically charged species",
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