exchange
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6.8
- noun
- /ɪkˈsʧeɪndʒ/
- Specialized
:
intercambio iónico
- The exchange of ions is crucial for the functionality of many chemical compounds.
- ion exchange
- ion-exchange resins
- cation exchange
Examples
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And absolutely there's a mutual exchange of nourishment going on.
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The alien seems capable of some sort of selective DNA exchange.
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Essentially we're talking about fluid exchange, right?
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Basically, it's a high efficiency filter and heat exchange system.
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In molecular physics, it's the exchange of electrons which create forces.
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The mechanism of transmission is, no doubt, complex and involves methods of energy exchange that are currently unknown.
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But trophylaxis is the exchange of fluids through the mouth parts.
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Combined with the potassium chloride in the salt substitute, we have created an equal exchange of ions.
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Another important mechanism in metamorphosis is metasomatism, where the exchange of atoms between minerals results in the formation of new minerals.
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Rabas is an expert in enhanced heat-exchange processes for the power, desalination, and process industries.
Academic text (1996)
Synonyms
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2.6
A meeting where people trade things like books or clothes
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3.9
A sharing of things or ideas between people
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5.8
A process that swaps charged particles in water with a solid to remove impurities
Two compounds swap ions to make two new compounds
Two compounds swap parts to make two new compounds
Compounds
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2.6
A large place in New York where people buy and sell shares of companies
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4.6
A U.S. government agency that watches financial markets and protects investors
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3.2
The value of one country's money when you change it for another country's money
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3.0
A way for people from different cultures to share ideas, traditions, and customs
- Specialized
2
6.1
A fund you can buy and sell on a stock market that tracks an index like the S&P 500
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3.7
A place with machines that connects telephone calls for many people
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5.6
A market where people trade standard agreements to buy or sell goods and shares later
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3.8
The value at which one country's money can buy another country's money
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5.2
A system where a currency's value changes because of buying and selling in the market, not set by the government
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4.8
A market where people buy and sell raw materials like oil or grain to be delivered later
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5.5
An organized market where people buy and sell raw materials, often for delivery in the future
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5.4
A system where a government keeps a country's money at a set value, often linked to another currency or gold
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5.8
A process that swaps charged particles in water with a solid to remove impurities
- Formal
A written order telling one person or bank to pay money to another at a set time
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A man-made material that removes positively charged particles from liquids to purify them
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A machine that speeds up ions so they leave a hot gas called plasma after swapping electrons
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A man-made material that removes negatively charged ions from water
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Energy that comes from tiny particles of the same kind swapping positions or states
- Jargon
A formal signing in a property sale when buyer and seller swap contracts and become legally bound
- Specialized
A treatment that slowly removes a person's blood and replaces it with donor blood
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The price of one currency that goes up and down with market buying and selling
- Specialized
A plastic material that removes minerals or metals from water by swapping charged particles with the liquid
- Specialized
Tiny hard beads that swap charged particles in water to remove minerals
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A system that fixes a country's money value to another country's money
- Specialized
A chemical change caused by light that makes substances swap parts
Surface Forms
Etymology
Exchange in chemistry keeps the basic idea of a 'swap': one atom or ion takes the place of another. So an ion exchange is simply a chemical swap where parts change places.