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electrowin

electrowin verb: to win (extract) electrically.

Verb

electrowin (third-person singular simple present electrowins, present participle electrowinning, simple past and past participle electrowon)

  1. To win (extract) electrically.
    • Silver loads onto carbon more slowly than gold but elutes and electrowins more rapidly.2005, Mike D. Adams, Advances in Gold Ore Processing, page 851
    • This means that it is difficult, or even impossible, to electrowin gallium from this solution and that the separation of indium from gallium by electrodeposition should be easily achieved.2015 August 12, Anna M. K. Gustafsson et al., “Investigation of an Electrochemical Method for Separation of Copper, Indium, and Gallium from Pretreated CIGS Solar Cell Waste Materials”, in The...

Forms of electrowin

third-person singular presentelectrowins
present participleelectrowinning
past participleelectrowon
pastelectrowon

Origin of electrowin

From electro- + win.

Questions about electrowin

What does electrowin mean?
Electrowin means to win (extract) electrically.
What part of speech is electrowin?
Electrowin is a verb.
What is the past tense of electrowin?
The past tense of electrowin is electrowon.

Words near electrowin in the dictionary

  1. electroweakino
  2. electroweakinos
  3. electrowelded
  4. electrowelding
  5. electrowetting
  6. electrowin
  7. electrowinning
  8. electrowins
  9. electrowon
  10. electrozone
  11. electrozones

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