|
|
Definition of Pectize
1. v. i. To congeal; to change into a gelatinous mass.
Definition of Pectize
1. Verb. To congeal; to change into a gelatinous mass. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pectize
1. to change into a jelly [v -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pectize
Literary usage of Pectize
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1873)
"silicic acid causes it to immediately pectize. The silicates of the alkalies are
themselves soluble in water; but no one would assert that the addition of ..."
2. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"spec, pectize (rare), gelatinize, jelly, coagulate, ice (rare); see CRYSTALLIZE.
Antonyms: see SOFTEN, LIQUIFY. congenital, a. connate (chiefly spec. ..."
3. A Biennial Retrospect of Medicine, Surgery and Their Allied Sciences by New Sydenham Society (1875)
"... namely, the power of soluble colloid matter, whether organic or inorganic, to
pectize or, in other words, spontaneously to coagulate. ..."
4. The Geologist by Samuel Joseph Mackie (1864)
"In the course of time, if the solution has a certain strength, it will gelatinize,
or, as Professor Graham calls it, pectize—form jelly. ..."
Other Resources:
