alkalinization
- noun
- /ˌæl.kə.lɪ.nəˈzeɪ.ʃən/
- Specialized
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alcalinización
- His solution to all cancer (and pretty much all disease) is alkalinization with sodium bicarbonate and an "alkalinizing" diet.
- alkalinization of the soil
- salinization and alkalinization
Examples
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Scientists are studying the effects of alkalinization on freshwater ecosystems impacted by pollution.
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Young is a proponent of the pseudoscientific idea that essentially all disease is due to "excess acidity" and can therefore be treated with alkalinization.
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I've discussed Ms. Tinkham's case in detail, and it turns out that she is under the care of a quack named Dr. Young who believes that tumors are all an "acid" and that "alkalinization" will cure all disease.
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These systems tend to produce waterlogging, silting, excessive erosion, and salinization or alkalinization of the soil, which leads in turn to a decline in soil fertility that is difficult or impossible to reverse.
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The alkalinization of the soil improved the growth of the plants by raising the pH level.
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Farmers often use alkalinization techniques to enhance crop yields in acidic soils.
Synonyms
To make something less acidic, for example soil or water
To reduce acid in wine or juice to improve taste
Antonyms
How Acidic
Surface Forms
Morphology
alkalinization = alkalinize + alkaline (transparent) = alkalinize + ation
Standard nominalization from the verb 'alkalinize' (from 'alkaline' + -ize), yielding the process meaning.
Etymology
Alkalinization starts with alkali, from an old word for 'plant ashes' that people used because ashes make water 'not acidic', and the ending -ization means 'the act of making'. So, alkalinization is the process of making something more alkaline, or 'less acidic'.