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basifications

basifications is the plural of basification.

Meaning of basification

Noun

basification (countable and uncountable, plural basifications)

  1. The act or process of making something more basic; raising the pH of something.
    • In the process of basification, the top layer of the crust becomes basic, while the lower becomes ultrabasic acquiring the density of the mantle or an even greater density1980, A. W. Bally, Dynamics of Plate Interiors, →ISBN, page 49

Questions about basifications

What is basifications the plural of?
Basifications is the plural of basification.

Words near basifications in the dictionary

  1. basificate
  2. basificated
  3. basificates
  4. basificating
  5. basification
  6. basifications
  7. basified
  8. basifier
  9. basifiers
  10. basifies
  11. basifixed

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