"thoriate" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: thoriates [present, singular, third-person], thoriating [participle, present], thoriated [participle, past], thoriated [past]
Etymology: thorium + -ate Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|thorium|ate}} thorium + -ate Head templates: {{en-verb}} thoriate (third-person singular simple present thoriates, present participle thoriating, simple past and past participle thoriated)
  1. (transitive) To add thorium or thorium oxide to (a substance) in order to increase its thermionic flow. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Radioactivity

Inflected forms

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