- deacidify
- transitive verb Date: 1786 to remove acid from ; reduce the acidity of (as by neutralization) • deacidification noun
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deacidify — deacidification, n. /dee euh sid euh fuy /, v.t., v.i., deacidified, deacidifying. Chem. 1. to remove acid from (a substance). 2. to reduce the acidity of (a substance). [DE + ACIDIFY] * * * … Universalium
deacidify — verb To remove or neutralize the acidic content of See Also: reacidify … Wiktionary
deacidify — de·acid·i·fy .dē ə sid ə .fī vt, fied; fy·ing to remove acid from: reduce the acidity of (as by neutralization) de·acid·i·fi·ca·tion .sid ə fə kā shən n … Medical dictionary
deacidify — v. remove acidity, remove acidic qualities … English contemporary dictionary
deacidify — de·acidify … English syllables
deacidify — “+ transitive verb Etymology: de + acidify : to remove acid from : reduce the acidity of (as by neutralization) * * * deacidification, n. /dee euh sid euh fuy /, v.t., v.i., deacidified, deacidifying. Chem. 1. to remove acid from (a substance). 2 … Useful english dictionary
diethyl zinc — noun Date: 1952 a volatile pyrophoric liquid compound C4H10Zn used especially to catalyze polymerization and to deacidify paper … New Collegiate Dictionary
deacidification — noun see deacidify … New Collegiate Dictionary
Mass deacidification — is a term used in Library and Information Science for one possible measure against the degradation of paper in old books (the so called slow fires ). The goal of the process is to increase the pH of acidic paper on a large scale. Although acid… … Wikipedia
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