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dezincification

dezincification noun: the act or process of freeing from zinc.

Noun

dezincification (usually uncountable, plural dezincifications)

  1. (usually) The act or process of freeing from zinc.
  2. (usually) The undesirable removal of zinc from zinc-containing alloys by a chemical reaction, as when red rot occurs in brass due to presence of acids.

Forms of dezincification

pluraldezincifications

Origin of dezincification

From de- + zincification.

Questions about dezincification

What does dezincification mean?
Dezincification means the act or process of freeing from zinc.
What part of speech is dezincification?
Dezincification is a noun.
What is the plural of dezincification?
The plural of dezincification is dezincifications.

Words near dezincification in the dictionary

  1. dezh
  2. dezhes
  3. Dezhou
  4. dezinc
  5. dezinced
  6. dezincification
  7. dezincifications
  8. dezincified
  9. dezincifies
  10. dezincify
  11. dezincifying

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