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terminizing

terminizing is the present participle and gerund of terminize.

Meaning of terminize

Verb (1)

terminize (third-person singular simple present terminizes, present participle terminizing, simple past and past participle terminized)

  1. To make a term for.
    • This was terminized polarization of light.1908, A Calendar of Invention and Discovery, page 23

Verb (2)

terminize (third-person singular simple present terminizes, present participle terminizing, simple past and past participle terminized)

  1. (rare) To make terminal; to end or terminate.
    • A movement for a nationalization of Senior girls' honorary societies terminized in a convention held in Syracuse, New York, February 15 and 16, 1918, at which Ohio State was represented.1922, The Makio, page 164

Questions about terminizing

What is terminizing the present participle and gerund of?
Terminizing is the present participle and gerund of terminize.

Words near terminizing in the dictionary

  1. terministic
  2. terminists
  3. terminize
  4. terminized
  5. terminizes
  6. terminizing
  7. terminographer
  8. terminographers
  9. terminography
  10. terminologic
  11. terminological

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