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underneutralizing

underneutralizing is the present participle and gerund of underneutralize.

Meaning of underneutralize

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

Questions about underneutralizing

What is underneutralizing the present participle and gerund of?
Underneutralizing is the present participle and gerund of underneutralize.

Words near underneutralizing in the dictionary

  1. undernets
  2. underneutralization
  3. underneutralize
  4. underneutralized
  5. underneutralizes
  6. underneutralizing
  7. underniceness
  8. undernose
  9. undernote
  10. undernoted
  11. undernotes

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