"passivate" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-passivate.wav Forms: passivates [present, singular, third-person], passivating [participle, present], passivated [participle, past], passivated [past]
Etymology: From passive + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Etymology templates: {{af|en|passive|-ate|id2=verb|pos2=verb-forming suffix}} passive + -ate (verb-forming suffix) Head templates: {{en-verb}} passivate (third-person singular simple present passivates, present participle passivating, simple past and past participle passivated)
  1. (chemistry) to reduce the chemical reactivity of a surface by applying a coating Derived forms: passivation Translations (to reduce the chemical reactivity of a surface): пасивирам (pasiviram) (Bulgarian), passivar (Catalan), passivoida (Finnish), passivieren (German), passivare (Italian)

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