Definition of "neutralization" []

• The act or process of neutralizing. (noun)
• The state or quality of being neutralized. (noun)
• Chemistry A reaction between an acid and a base that yields a salt and water. (noun)

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• "The term neutralization applies only in an artillery context."
• "The substitution of a sound closer to d for t in intervocalis position is called neutralization."
• "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."