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sorbitize

sorbitize verb: to convert into a form containing sorbite.

Verb

sorbitize (third-person singular simple present sorbitizes, present participle sorbitizing, simple past and past participle sorbitized)

  1. To convert into a form containing sorbite.
    • It will be noted that it required four quenchings to entirely sorbitize the steel.1918, Denison Kingsley Bullens, Steel and its heat treatment, page 167
    • Besides, they selectively sorbitize ions of ammonium and of non-ferrous, alkaline-earth and radioactive metals, thereby enhancing their usefulness as filtering materials in water treatment.1998, Raj K. Singhal, Mine Planning and Equipment Selection 1998, →ISBN, page 703

Forms of sorbitize

third-person singular presentsorbitizes
present participlesorbitizing
past participlesorbitized
pastsorbitized

Questions about sorbitize

What does sorbitize mean?
Sorbitize means to convert into a form containing sorbite.
What part of speech is sorbitize?
Sorbitize is a verb.
What is the past tense of sorbitize?
The past tense of sorbitize is sorbitized.

Words near sorbitize in the dictionary

  1. sorbitised
  2. sorbitises
  3. sorbitising
  4. sorbitization
  5. sorbitizations
  6. sorbitize
  7. sorbitized
  8. sorbitizes
  9. sorbitizing
  10. sorbitol
  11. sorbitols

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