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devolatilise

devolatilise is the alternative form of devolatilize.

Meaning of devolatilize

Verb

devolatilize (third-person singular simple present devolatilizes, present participle devolatilizing, simple past and past participle devolatilized)

  1. (transitive) To remove volatile components from
  2. (intransitive) To lose volatile components
    • Because hydrous silicate melts devolatilize at room pressure, our study exploits the thermodynamic and kinetic properties of the liquid-glass transition to measure the density of a hydrous silicate liquid at 1 bar (3 ).1999 February 26, Frederick A. Ochs, Rebecca A. Lange, “The Density of Hydrous Magmatic Liquids”, in Science, volume 283, number 5406, →DOI, pages 1314–1317

Forms of devolatilise

third-person singular presentdevolatilises
present participledevolatilising
past participledevolatilised
pastdevolatilised

Origin of devolatilise

From de- + volatilise.

Questions about devolatilise

What is devolatilise the alternative form of?
Devolatilise is the alternative form of devolatilize.

Words near devolatilise in the dictionary

  1. devoids
  2. devoir
  3. devoirs
  4. devolatilisation
  5. devolatilisations
  6. devolatilise
  7. devolatilised
  8. devolatilises
  9. devolatilising
  10. devolatilization
  11. devolatilizations

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Adapted from Wiktionary: devolatilise (page history and authors); devolatilize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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