titanization

Noun

titanization (countable and uncountable, plural titanizations)

1. The process of coating with titanium.
   • Hematitization and titanization suggest the hydrothermal fluids were oxidixing, which in turn reflects the oxidized nature of the parent magmas.1991, K. Hattori, C.J. Hodgson, Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 2160, page 24
   • The literature claims of titanization at 370 °C (Whittington and Anderson 1991) and of dealumination of H-[Al]-MFI followed by titanization at 400 or 500 °C (Kraushaar and van Hooff 1988) should perhaps be restudied as the observed catalytic activity may be due to outer surface titanium.1992, Mario L. Occelli, Harry E. Robson, Synthesis of Microporous Materials: Molecular sieves, →ISBN, page 184
2. The act of making or depicting as titanic.
   • Among his earliest plays is the cumbersome Jánosvík (perf. 1910), where Mahen attempts a down-to-earth titanization (sic) of the Slovak national hero, Jánosvík; he tries to make him nearer what he was in history than, say, Ján Botto in his Smrt. Jánosvíkova, without removing the aura which had...1979, Robert B. Pynsent, Czech prose and verse: a selection with an introductory essay, page lvii
   • If we were content to occupy ourselves with culture in the purely historic-artistic sense, there would be equally viable but inert examples to choose from: from Ola Rotimi to Cheik N'Dao's dramatizations of historic events; the various modern renditions of the Soundiata epic; the poeticization...1988, Wole Soyinka, Art, dialogue, and outrage: essays on literature and culture, page 132