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hydrolysis

/haɪˈdɹɒlɪsɪs/US/haɪˈdɹɑləsəs/

hydrolysis noun: a chemical process of decomposition involving the splitting of a bond and the addition of the hydrogen cation and the hydroxide anion of water.

Noun

hydrolysis (countable and uncountable, plural hydrolyses)

  1. A chemical process of decomposition involving the splitting of a bond and the addition of the hydrogen cation and the hydroxide anion of water.

hydrolysis meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Gujarati and Tagalog

hydrolysis in Hindi

chemical process of decomposition
जलापघटन jalāpghaṭan

hydrolysis in Tamil

நீராற் பகுத்தல், நீராற் பகுப்பு, நீராற்பகுப்பு, நீர்ப்பகுப்பு, நீரால் பகுப்பு, நீரால் பகுத்தல்

hydrolysis in Gujarati

chemical process of decomposition
જલવિચ્છેદન jalvicchedan

hydrolysis in Tagalog

chemical process of decomposition
tubigbilos
More languagesFewer languages
hydrolysis in Malay
hidrolisis
hydrolysis in Indonesian
hidrolisis
hydrolysis in Vietnamese
sự thuỷ phân

Examples of hydrolysis in a sentence

  • "Degradation of trichlorfon occurs through the splitting of the Phosphorus-Carbon (P-C) bond and through hydrolysis of the poOCH bonds resulting in trace amounts of dichlorvos, a more acutely toxic organophosphate."
  • The lipooligosaccharide was degraded both by mild hydrazinolysis (O -deacylation) and by acetic acid hydrolysis.
  • Thus, hydrolysis of "acetoguanamine” with one mole of water yielded a new compound which he called "guanide."

All 18 example sentences with hydrolysis

Forms of hydrolysis

pluralhydrolyses

Plural of hydrolysis: hydrolyses

Origin of hydrolysis

From hydro- + -lysis.

Words formed from hydrolysis

Words that rhyme with hydrolysis

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Questions about hydrolysis

What does hydrolysis mean?
Hydrolysis means a chemical process of decomposition involving the splitting of a bond and the addition of the hydrogen cation and the hydroxide anion of water.
What is hydrolysis in Hindi?
Hydrolysis in Hindi is जलापघटन (jalāpghaṭan). See Hydrolysis meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is hydrolysis?
Hydrolysis is a noun.
How do you pronounce hydrolysis?
Hydrolysis is pronounced /haɪˈdɹɒlɪsɪs/ (UK).
What is the plural of hydrolysis?
The plural of hydrolysis is hydrolyses.

Words near hydrolysis in the dictionary

  1. hydrolysed
  2. hydrolyser
  3. hydrolysers
  4. hydrolyses
  5. hydrolysing
  6. hydrolysis
  7. hydrolyte
  8. hydrolytes
  9. hydrolytic
  10. hydrolytical
  11. hydrolytically

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hydrolysis (page history and authors); hydrolysis (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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