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to ozonize

to ozonize

9.5
To change oxygen into a stronger form used to clean air using electric current or strong light
  • verb
  • /oʊˈzoʊnaɪz/
  • Specialized
: ozonizar
  • The company ozonizes water as part of its advanced purification process.

Examples

  • Scientists used a special device to ozonize the air in the laboratory for their experiments.

  • They plan to ozonize the water supply this summer.

  • After the gas was ozonized, it became more effective for certain industrial applications.

  • The scientists ozonised the air in the laboratory.

  • Scientists used a special device to ozonize the air in the laboratory for their experiments.

  • After the gas was ozonized, it became more effective for certain industrial applications.

  • The company ozonizes water as part of its advanced purification process.

Surface Forms

ozonize infinitive
ozonized past
ozonized past participle
ozonizing present participle
ozonizes third person singular

Morphology

ozonize = ozone (transparent) = ozone + ize

Formed by the productive English verbal suffix '-ize' added to 'ozone', meaning 'to make or convert into ozone', which is directly inferable.

Etymology

Ozonize comes from ozone, which comes from the Greek word ozein meaning 'to smell' because people first noticed ozone by its sharp smell after lightning. The ending -ize means 'to make', as in realize, so to ozonize something is to 'make' it contain ozone.