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)
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."
Forms of hydrolysis
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Origin of hydrolysis
From hydro- + -lysis.
Words formed from hydrolysis
Words that rhyme with hydrolysis
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
Source and license
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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