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underneutralize

underneutralize verb: to make less neutral than required or expected, or (chemistry) closer to the neutral pH value without reaching it.

Verb

underneutralize (third-person singular simple present underneutralizes, present participle underneutralizing, simple past and past participle underneutralized)

  1. (transitive) To make less neutral than required or expected, or (chemistry) closer to the neutral pH value without reaching it.
    • The electrons overneutralize and underneutralize the beam.2013, Stanley Humphries, Charged Particle Beams, page 506

Forms of underneutralize

third-person singular presentunderneutralizes
present participleunderneutralizing
past participleunderneutralized
pastunderneutralized

Origin of underneutralize

From under- + neutralize.

Questions about underneutralize

What does underneutralize mean?
Underneutralize means to make less neutral than required or expected, or (chemistry) closer to the neutral pH value without reaching it.
What part of speech is underneutralize?
Underneutralize is a verb.
What is the past tense of underneutralize?
The past tense of underneutralize is underneutralized.

Words near underneutralize in the dictionary

  1. underneaths
  2. underness
  3. undernet
  4. undernets
  5. underneutralization
  6. underneutralize
  7. underneutralized
  8. underneutralizes
  9. underneutralizing
  10. underniceness
  11. undernose

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