- present tense form of ionize (3rd person singular).
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Either electrical current from divertors or from microwaves ionizes the gas, igniting an electrically charged plasma ring.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026
Either electrical current from divertors or from microwaves ionizes the gas, igniting an electrically charged plasma ring.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026
They discovered fluorescent light from oxygen atoms, known as OII, that typically occurs when ultraviolet light from bright young stars ionizes oxygen in surrounding gas clouds.
From Science Magazine • Jan. 8, 2024
Ultraviolet radiation is important because it ionizes hydrogen -- a process that also occurred right after the Big Bang, causing the universe to go from opaque to transparent.
From Science Daily • Nov. 21, 2023
The retrogression gun ionizes animal tissue, nerve cells particularly.
From Forget Me Nearly by Wallace, F. L. (Floyd L.)