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chromatize

chromatize verb: to treat a metal surface with chromate.

Verb

chromatize (third-person singular simple present chromatizes, present participle chromatizing, simple past and past participle chromatized)

  1. To treat a metal surface with chromate

Forms of chromatize

third-person singular presentchromatizes
present participlechromatizing
past participlechromatized
pastchromatized

Origin of chromatize

From chromate + -ize.

Questions about chromatize

What does chromatize mean?
Chromatize means to treat a metal surface with chromate.
What part of speech is chromatize?
Chromatize is a verb.
What is the past tense of chromatize?
The past tense of chromatize is chromatized.

Words near chromatize in the dictionary

  1. chromatisms
  2. chromatist
  3. chromatists
  4. chromatite
  5. chromatization
  6. chromatize
  7. chromatized
  8. chromatizes
  9. chromatizing
  10. chromato-
  11. chromatoblast

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