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electrolyses

electrolyses is the third-person singular simple present indicative of electrolyse.

electrolyses is the plural of electrolysis.

Meaning of electrolysis

Noun

electrolysis (countable and uncountable, plural electrolyses)

  1. The chemical change produced by passing an electric current through a conducting solution or a molten salt.
    • But current leakage in a Tube tunnel can cause electrolysis to occur in steel retaining walls, which in turn causes them to rust; it could also damage the foundations of nearby buildings.2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 136
  2. The destruction of hair roots by means of an electric current.

Questions about electrolyses

What is electrolyses the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Electrolyses is the third-person singular simple present indicative of electrolyse.

Words near electrolyses in the dictionary

  1. electrolysation
  2. electrolyse
  3. electrolysed
  4. electrolyser
  5. electrolysers
  6. electrolyses
  7. electrolysing
  8. electrolysis
  9. electrolysist
  10. electrolysists
  11. electrolyte

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