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neutralization


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Neutralization  \Neu`tral*i*za"tion\,  n.  [Cf.  F.  neutralisation.] 
  1.  The  act  or  process  of  neutralizing,  or  the  state  of  being 
  neutralized. 
 
  2.  (Chem.)  The  act  or  process  by  which  an  acid  and  a  base  are 
  combined  in  such  proportions  that  the  resulting  compound 
  is  neutral.  See  {Neutral},  a.,  4. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  neutralization 
  n  1:  action  intended  to  keep  a  country  politically  neutral  or 
  exclude  it  from  a  possible  war;  "the  neutralization  of 
  Belgium"  [syn:  {neutralisation}] 
  2:  action  intended  to  nullify  the  effects  of  some  previous 
  action  [syn:  {neutralisation},  {counteraction}] 




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