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Definition of Ionize
1. Verb. Become converted into ions.
Category relationships: Physical Chemistry
Generic synonyms: Change
Related verbs: Ionise
Derivative terms: Ionisation, Ionisation, Ionization, Ionization
2. Verb. Convert into ions.
Category relationships: Physical Chemistry
Generic synonyms: Change State, Turn
Related verbs: Ionise
Derivative terms: Ion, Ionisation, Ionisation, Ion, Ionization, Ionization
Definition of Ionize
1. v. t. To separate (a compound) into ions, esp. by dissolving in water.
Definition of Ionize
1. Verb. (context: chemistry physics) To dissociate atoms or molecules into electrically charged species; to be thus dissociated. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ionize
1. to convert into ions [v -IZED, -IZING, -IZES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ionize
Literary usage of Ionize
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Electricity in Gases by J. S. Townsend (1915)
"Average velocity of an electron required to ionize a molecule. Minimum velocity
required to ionize a molecule. The quantity Ve represents the kinetic energy ..."
2. Second Year College Chemistry by William Henry Chapin (1922)
"As mentioned above, the only substances which ionize to any appreciable extent
are acids, bases, and salts, and there are many substances which belong in ..."
3. Transactions of the International Electrical Congress, St. Louis, 1904 by International Electrical Congress (1905)
"If this drop is sufficiently large, the positive ions will attain high velocities,
and by impact on the boundary surface at C they also will ionize. ..."
4. Transactions of the International Electrical Congress, St. Louis, 1904 (1905)
"If this drop is sufficiently large, the positive ions will attain high velocities,
and by impact on the boundary surface at C they also will ionize. ..."
5. The Elements of Electricity and Magnetism: A Text-book for Colleges and by William Suddards Franklin, Barry MacNutt (1908)
"Similarly, if the energy imparted to an ion between successive collisions exceeds
a certain value, the ion is able to ionize the atoms of the gas when it ..."
6. Chemistry: An Elementary Text-book by William Conger Morgan, James Alexander Lyman (1911)
"In all reactions between ions, whenever a substance is formed that does not
ionize, the reaction runs to completion, and the substance that does not ionize ..."
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