Definition of Pulverization

1. Noun. A solid substance in the form of tiny loose particles; a solid that has been pulverized.

Exact synonyms: Powder, Pulverisation
Generic synonyms: Solid
Derivative terms: Powder, Powderize, Powdery, Pulverise, Pulverize

2. Noun. The act of grinding to a powder or dust.
Exact synonyms: Grind, Mill, Pulverisation
Generic synonyms: Compaction, Crunch, Crush
Derivative terms: Grind, Grind, Grind, Mill, Pulverise, Pulverize

3. Noun. Annihilation by pulverizing something.
Exact synonyms: Pulverisation
Generic synonyms: Annihilation, Obliteration
Derivative terms: Pulverise, Pulverize

Definition of Pulverization

1. n. The action of reducing to dust or powder.

Definition of Pulverization

1. Noun. The act of pulverizing. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pulverization

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pulverization

pulverates
pulverating
pulveratricious
pulvered
pulverine
pulvering
pulverisation
pulverisations
pulverise
pulverised
pulveriser
pulverisers
pulverises
pulverising
pulverizable
pulverization (current term)
pulverizations
pulverize
pulverized
pulverizer
pulverizers
pulverizes
pulverizing
pulverous
pulvers
pulverulence
pulverulent
pulverulently
pulverulentous
pulverulous

Literary usage of Pulverization

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The British and Foreign Medico-chirurgical Review, Or, Quarterly Journal of (1852)
"To the present time, pharmacologists have always considered pulverization as a mere change of form in bodies—each particle of the divided body being ..."

2. THe Edinburgh New Dispensatory: Containing I. The Elements of Pharmaceutical by Andrew Duncan, William Lewis (1806)
"... their action is promoted, both as medical and chemical agents. 336. pulverization is the ... pulverization ..."

3. A New System of Cultivation, Without Lime, Or Dung, Or Summer Fallows: As by Alexander Beatson (1820)
"Upon these subjects, therefore, it would be superfluous to add more : but upon pulverization, and the mode of preparing the land for th'e seed, ..."

4. Handbook of Pharmacy, Embracing the Theory and Practice of Pharmacy and the by Virgil Coblentz (1894)
"pulverization Is the reduction of substances into particles of greater or less ... pulverization of Corrosive or Poisonous Substances. the workmen in ..."

5. The Formation of Colloids by Theodor Svedberg (1921)
"This " metal pulverization " in fused salts was first observed in the electrolysis of such systems and regarded as a kind of electric cathode pulverization ..."

6. A Treatise on Forming, Improving, and Managing Country Residences: And on by John Claudius Loudon (1806)
"pulverization is also much promoted by frost, as in ground laid up in ridges: and by the alternate effects of heat and rain, as in that dug or trenched ..."

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