to nitrogenize
9.9
To add nitrogen to something in a chemical process
- verb
- /naɪˈtroʊdʒəˌnaɪz/
- Specialized
:
nitrificar
- The engineers nitrogenized the steel to improve its strength and durability during the manufacturing process.
Examples
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To enhance the soil quality, they nitrogenized the fields with a special blend of fertilizers.
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During the experiment, we nitrogenized the compounds to observe the chemical reactions that occurred.
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In late childhood, I learned how to play tennis on the blacktop courts of a small public park carved from farmland that had been nitrogenized.
Fiction book (1998)
Synonyms
1
7.9
To add nitric acid to something to make fertilizers or explosives
is a general treatment with nitrogen compounds beyond nitric acid or fertilizer use
9.8
To add nitrogen fertilizer to soil to help plants grow
is a broader industrial treatment with nitrogen compounds not only for soil
How Nitrogenized
to saturate
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5.2
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5.2
to nitrogenize
- Specialized
Surface Forms
nitrogenize infinitive
nitrogenized past
nitrogenized past participle
nitrogenizing present participle
nitrogenizes third person singular
Morphology
Etymology
The word nitrogenize comes from nitrogen, the name of the gas, and the part -ize, which means 'to make' or 'to do'. So to nitrogenize something is to 'add nitrogen to it' or 'treat it with nitrogen', which matches its modern use in chemistry and industry.