decolorize
Americanverb (used with object)
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The chlorine and oxygen will combine their action to decolorize the textile material.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 401, September 8, 1883 by Various
The effects of various freezing procedures on the ability of samples to decolorize methylene blue were determined with 10 semen samples.
From Preservation of Bull Semen at Sub-Zero Temperatures by M. E. Friedman
Bodies absorbing oxygen, as sulphurous acid, phosphorous acid, and alcohols, decolorize it; under the influence of oxygen its color is restored.
From The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants by George William Septimus Piesse
Make a ten per cent infusion of the suspected coffee; filter it, and decolorize the solution by boiling it with a piece of animal charcoal.
From The Home Medical Library, Volume V (of VI) by Kenelm Winslow
The only other large use of arsenic is in the glass industry, arsenic trioxide being added to the molten glass to purify and decolorize the product.
From The Economic Aspect of Geology by C. K. (Charles Kenneth) Leith
Q: Do you know about a cure for toenail fungus using decolorized iodine every day?
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 4, 2023
A: Many readers share your enthusiasm for decolorized iodine against nail fungus.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 4, 2023
The sparkle and shine had been sucked out of life so completely that my world became a fluorescent-lighted, decolorized, saltpetered version of the planet I had known before.
From Time Magazine Archive
A solution of these in chloroform may become decolorized when acted upon by a dilute alkali, or it may not be thus altered.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
This view is confirmed by the microscopic examination of the latter, which discloses the presence of pale, shadowy, round outlines enclosing faintly granular material, which are regarded as decolorized red corpuscles.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
The heroes of the film—again: such as they are—do their work under the bland, decolorizing fluorescents at Globe H.Q.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 16, 2015
He very soon noted the decolorizing or bleaching effects of this now product, finding that it decolorized flowers, vegetables, and many other substances.
From A History of Science — Volume 4 by Henry Smith Williams
It is well before decolorizing the leaf to immerse it in a solution of potassa; the chlorophylian starch then swells and success is rendered easier.—Lartigue and Malpeaux, in La Nature.
From Scientific American Supplement No. 822, October 3, 1891 by Various
The decolorizing power of charcoal is an important characteristic.
From An Introduction to Chemical Science by Rufus Phillips Williams
Fuller's earth is essentially a variety of clay having a high absorptive power which makes it useful for decolorizing and purifying purposes.
From The Economic Aspect of Geology by C. K. (Charles Kenneth) Leith
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