electrochemical

American

[i-lek-troh-kem-ik-uhl] / ɪˌlɛk troʊˈkɛm ɪk əl /

noun

relating to electrochemistry; involving the interaction of chemical change and the production of electricity.

electrochemical British

/ ɪˌlɛktrəʊˈkɛmɪkəl /

adjective

of or relating to electrochemistry

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Other Word Forms

electrochemically

adverb

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The company, Valor, is an attempt to commercialize a breakthrough in metallurgy called electrochemical liquid-liquid extraction.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

Valor, a new company, launched to extract critical minerals from waste and ores using electrochemical liquid-liquid extraction.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

This shift has important consequences for how electrochemical systems operate and how they should be designed.

From Science Daily • Jan. 31, 2026

"But under the strong electric fields typical of electrochemical environments, the reaction behaves very differently."

From Science Daily • Jan. 31, 2026

Rather, what we know is encoded in cells called neurons— microscopic electrochemical switching elements, typically a few hundredths of a millimeter across.

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