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salinize

UK/ˈsælɪnaɪz/

salinize verb: to become or render salty.

Verb

salinize (third-person singular simple present salinizes, present participle salinizing, simple past and past participle salinized)

  1. (ambitransitive) to become or render salty
    • Salinized drinking water probably is the best insurance that the men will take the salt during the working hours of the day. A study from the Inland Steel Company⁵⁶, in which a section of steel workers, 3,000 men, were given salinized drinking water, 0·1 per cent., showed good results as compared...1920, Henry Asbury Christian & James Mackenzie, The Oxford Medicine, volume 4, part 3, p21 (Oxford University Press, American branch)
    • 2. Place the pipets in a drying oven at 180°C. Inject 100 μL of tributylchlorosilane (TBCS) through a port in the top of the oven, and leave to salinize for 30 min. Allow the fumes to disperse, before removing the pipets. Caution: TBCS is harmful, and this procedure should be carried out in a fume...1995, Heddwyn Jones, Plant Gene Transfer and Expression Protocols, Humana Press, →ISBN, page 328, →ISBN

Examples of salinize in a sentence

  • Salinized drinking water probably is the best insurance that the men will take the salt during the working hours of the day.1920, Henry Asbury Christian & James Mackenzie, The Oxford Medicine, volume 4, part 3, p21 (Oxford University Press, American branch)
  • Inject 100 μL of tributylchlorosilane (TBCS) through a port in the top of the oven, and leave to salinize for 30 min.1995, Heddwyn Jones, Plant Gene Transfer and Expression Protocols, Humana Press, →ISBN, page 328, →ISBN:

Forms of salinize

third-person singular presentsalinizes
present participlesalinizing
past participlesalinized
pastsalinized
alternative formsalinise

Origin of salinize

From saline + -ize.

Questions about salinize

What does salinize mean?
Salinize means to become or render salty.
How do you use salinize in a sentence?
Salinized drinking water probably is the best insurance that the men will take the salt during the working hours of the day.
What part of speech is salinize?
Salinize is a verb.
How do you pronounce salinize?
Salinize is pronounced /ˈsælɪnaɪz/ (UK).
What is the past tense of salinize?
The past tense of salinize is salinized.

Words near salinize in the dictionary

  1. salinities
  2. salinity
  3. salinixanthin
  4. salinization
  5. salinizations
  6. salinize
  7. salinized
  8. salinizes
  9. salinizing
  10. salino-terrene
  11. salinometer

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