acidify
Origin of acidify
1Other words from acidify
- a·cid·i·fi·a·ble, adjective
- a·cid·i·fi·ca·tion, noun
- a·cid·i·fi·er, noun
- re·a·cid·i·fi·ca·tion, noun
- re·a·cid·i·fy, verb, re·a·cid·i·fied, re·a·cid·i·fy·ing.
- sem·i·a·cid·i·fied, adjective
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How to use acidify in a sentence
Fisheries, already stressed by pollution and over-harvesting, will now confront warming and acidification.
Climate Change Needs the Politics of the Impossible | Jedediah Purdy | April 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe acidification of the sulphur by nitric or nitro-muriatic acid is likewise a slow and unpleasant operation.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew UreBut without this exposure and acidification, the butter is insipid and comparatively flavorless.
Hints on Dairying | T. D. CurtisA series of experiments in making Roquefort were tabulated to show the rate of acidification from various initial points.
The Book of Cheese | Charles Thom and Walter Warner FiskThe development of this acidification before the addition of rennet is known as the ripening of the milk.
The Book of Cheese | Charles Thom and Walter Warner Fisk
The diplococcus merely produces acidification and coagulation of the milk.
The Bacillus of Long Life | Loudon Douglas
British Dictionary definitions for acidify
/ (əˈsɪdɪˌfaɪ) /
to convert into or become acid
Derived forms of acidify
- acidifiable, adjective
- acidification, noun
- acidifier, noun
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