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autoionize

autoionize verb: to spontaneously transition from an electrically neutral state to a lower-energy ionized state.

Verb

autoionize (third-person singular simple present autoionizes, present participle autoionizing, simple past and past participle autoionized)

  1. To spontaneously transition from an electrically neutral state to a lower-energy ionized state

Forms of autoionize

third-person singular presentautoionizes
present participleautoionizing
past participleautoionized
pastautoionized
alternative formautoionise

Origin of autoionize

From auto- + ionize.

Words formed from autoionize

Questions about autoionize

What does autoionize mean?
Autoionize means to spontaneously transition from an electrically neutral state to a lower-energy ionized state.
What part of speech is autoionize?
Autoionize is a verb.
What is the past tense of autoionize?
The past tense of autoionize is autoionized.

Words near autoionize in the dictionary

  1. autoionisation
  2. autoionisations
  3. autoionization
  4. autoionizational
  5. autoionizations
  6. autoionize
  7. autoionized
  8. autoionizes
  9. autoionizing
  10. autoions
  11. autoiris

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