alkalinize

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Definition

1. Verb (transitive):
   • To make a substance alkaline or less acidic; to increase the pH level of something.
2. Verb (intransitive):
   • To become alkaline; to undergo a chemical change resulting in a higher pH level.

Usage and Examples

• Transitive Verb (to make something alkaline):
  • Gardeners often alkalinize acidic soil by adding lime.
  • The chemist needed to alkalinize the solution before the next step of the experiment.
• Intransitive Verb (to become alkaline):
  • Over time, the water in the closed container began to alkalinize.
  • If the waste products accumulate, the blood can alkalinize, causing a condition called alkalosis.

Advanced Usage

• Technical/Medical Context: The term is frequently used in chemistry, biology, and medicine to describe processes where acidity is neutralized or a basic (alkaline) state is achieved.
  • The treatment aims to alkalinize the patient's urine to prevent kidney stones.

Variants and Related Words

• Alkalize (verb): A common alternative spelling with the same meaning.
• Alkalization (noun): The process or result of making something alkaline.
  • The alkalization of the lake was due to industrial runoff.
• Alkaline (adjective): Having the properties of an alkali; basic.
• Deacidify (verb): A near-synonym meaning to remove acid from, though it doesn't necessarily imply making something fully alkaline.

Synonyms

• Basify (verb, technical): To make basic.
• Neutralize (verb, in context): To counteract acidity, though this can result in a neutral, not necessarily alkaline, state.

Antonyms

• Acidify (verb): To make or become acidic.

Học thuật

Verb

1. make (a substance) alkaline
   • The oxide is alkalized
2. become alkaline

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