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sonication

sonication noun: the process of disrupting or homogenizing something, usually a chemical solution or biological medium, with sound waves.

Noun

sonication (countable and uncountable, plural sonications)

  1. The process of disrupting or homogenizing something, usually a chemical solution or biological medium, with sound waves.

Forms of sonication

pluralsonications

Origin of sonication

From sonic + -ation.

Words formed from sonication

Questions about sonication

What does sonication mean?
Sonication means the process of disrupting or homogenizing something, usually a chemical solution or biological medium, with sound waves.
What part of speech is sonication?
Sonication is a noun.
What is the plural of sonication?
The plural of sonication is sonications.

Words near sonication in the dictionary

  1. sonically
  2. sonicate
  3. sonicated
  4. sonicates
  5. sonicating
  6. sonication
  7. sonications
  8. sonicative
  9. sonicator
  10. sonicators
  11. sonics

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