Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act or process of neutralizing.
- noun The state or quality of being neutralized.
- noun Chemistry A reaction between an acid and a base, usually yielding a salt and water.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In motor-racing, the act of neutralizing or rendering neutral. See
neutralize , 4. - noun The act of neutralizing; specifically, in chem., the process by which an acid and a base are so combined that the resulting compound has neither acid nor basic properties.
- noun An act of one or more nations imposing upon one of their number or upon another state a condition of permanent neutrality by ordaining that it shall not take part in any war into which the others may enter, in consideration for which its freedom from attack is usually guaranteed, as in the case of Switzerland in 1815, and Belgium since its separation from the Netherlands in 1830.
- noun An act of military powers agreeing that certain persons, property, and places, such as surgeons, chaplains, and the wounded, medical supplies, hospitals, and ambulances, shall be deemed neutral in war, and not subject to capture, etc., as was agreed by the Geneva Convention, 1864.
- noun More loosely, the act of securing by convention immunity for certain territory or waters from being made the scene of hostilities or of exclusive national maritime jurisdiction, as for the Black Sea, 1856, and for the Congo in Central Africa, 1885.
- noun The condition of immunity and restriction resulting from any of such acts. Also spelled
neutralisation .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act or process of neutralizing, or the state of being neutralized.
- noun (Chem.) The act or process by which an acid and a base are combined in such proportions that the resulting compound is neutral. See
Neutral , a., 4.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of
neutralizing .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (euphemism) the removal of a threat by killing or destroying it (especially in a covert operation or military operation)
- noun a chemical reaction in which an acid and a base interact with the formation of a salt; with strong acids and bases the essential reaction is the combination of hydrogen ions with hydroxyl ions to form water
- noun action intended to keep a country politically neutral or exclude it from a possible war
- noun action intended to nullify the effects of some previous action
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word neutralization.
Examples
-
The term neutralization applies only in an artillery context.
FM 100-61 Chptr 9 Artillery Support United States Army 1998
-
The term neutralization applies only in an artillery context.
FM 100-61 Chptr 9 Artillery Support United States Army 1998
-
The substitution of a sound closer to d for t in intervocalis position is called neutralization.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
-
The substitution of a sound closer to d for t in intervocalis position is called neutralization.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
-
The substitution of a sound closer to d for t in intervocalis position is called neutralization.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
-
The substitution of a sound closer to d for t in intervocalis position is called neutralization.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
-
On the contrary he defined: The catalytic force actually appears to consist in the ability of substances to arouse the affinities dormant at this temperature by their mere presence and not by their affinity and so as a result in a compound substance the elements become arranged in another way such that a greater electrochemical neutralization is brought about.
-
The President, in March, 1964, had warned Ambassador Lodge to "knock down the idea of neutralization wherever it rears its ugly head" (III, p. 511).
A Special Supplement: Vietnam: How Government Became Wolves Chomsky, Noam 1972
-
It is a well known physical law, which likewise manifests on the mental plane, that two opposing forces result in neutralization, that is, both of the forces are held in check.
A Series of Lessons in Gnani Yoga William Walker Atkinson 1897
-
First, the Aliens arranged - through bribery, intimidation, and "neutralization" of the opposition - for Jerry Falwell Jr. to be appointed President, with Father Charles Coughlin III as his Vice-president, and for Louis Farrakhan Jr. to be named head of the FBI.
travismcdermott commented on the word neutralization
1796 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 86 338 The changes of colour are accelerated, not merely by the neutralization of the alkali and consequent precipitation of the manganese, but..by the accession of oxygen either immediately from the acid, or from the atmosphere.
April 24, 2008