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IONIZE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Convert into ions

Synonyms:

ionise; ionize

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "ionize" is one way to...):

change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)

Verb group:

ionise; ionize (become converted into ions)

Domain category:

physical chemistry (the branch of chemistry dealing with the physical properties of chemical substances)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

ion (a particle that is electrically charged (positive or negative); an atom or molecule or group that has lost or gained one or more electrons)

ionization (the process of ionizing; the formation of ions by separating atoms or molecules or radicals or by adding or subtracting electrons from atoms by strong electric fields in a gas)

ionization (the condition of being dissociated into ions (as by heat or radiation or chemical reaction or electrical discharge))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Become converted into ions

Synonyms:

ionise; ionize

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "ionize" is one way to...):

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Verb group:

ionise; ionize (convert into ions)

Domain category:

physical chemistry (the branch of chemistry dealing with the physical properties of chemical substances)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

ionization (the process of ionizing; the formation of ions by separating atoms or molecules or radicals or by adding or subtracting electrons from atoms by strong electric fields in a gas)

ionization (the condition of being dissociated into ions (as by heat or radiation or chemical reaction or electrical discharge))

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 Context examples: 

This radioimmunoconjugate selectively delivers alpha particle-mediated cytotoxicity to leukemic cells, thereby limiting the exposure of normal tissues to ionizing radiation.

(Bismuth Bi213 Monoclonal Antibody M195, NCI Thesaurus)

The branch of radiology concerned with the use of ionizing or nonionizing radiation for diagnostic purposes.

(Diagnostic Radiology, NCI Thesaurus)

This newly discovered quasar has a redshift of 7.54, based on the detection of ionized carbon emissions from the galaxy that hosts the massive black hole.

(Most Distant Black Hole, NASA)

As more stars and galaxies formed, their energy eventually ionized the hydrogen between the galaxies, revealing the universe as we see it today.

(Massive primordial galaxies found in ‘halo’ of dark matter, National Science Foundation)

Like all planetary plasmoids, it was full of charged particles - mostly ionized hydrogen.

(The ice giant Uranus appears to be losing a bit of its atmosphere to space, NASA)

Electro-osmosis describes the active transport of non-ionized solutes associated with the bulk flow of fluid in the direction of the counter-ions that occurs with iontophoretic transport of other, ionized solutes.

(Electro-osmosis Route of Administration, NCI Thesaurus)

The disk has probably heated to the point where the gas in the disk has become ionized, leading to a rapid increase in how fast the material falls onto the star.

(Loneliest Young Star Seen by Spitzer and WISE, NASA)

Substances that ionize into anions and cations in body fluids.

(Electrolytes, NCI Thesaurus)

A unit of an absorbed dose rate of ionizing radiation defined as an absorbed dose of ionizing radiation equal to one Gray absorbed over an interval of time equal to one second.

(Gray per Second, NCI Thesaurus)

Motexafin gadolinium accumulates in tumor cells preferentially due to their increased rates of metabolism, generating reactive oxygen species (ROS) intracellularly and lowering the tumor cell apoptotic threshold to ionizing radiation and chemotherapy.

(Motexafin gadolinium, NCI Thesaurus)