acidification
English
editEtymology
editFrom French acidification.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editacidification (countable and uncountable, plural acidifications)
- The act or process of making something sour (acidifying), or changing into an acid.
- 2013 October 3, Roger Harrabin, “Health of oceans 'declining fast'”, in bbc.co.uk[1], retrieved 2013-10-05:
- Coral reefs, for instance, are suffering from the higher temperatures and the effects of acidification whilst also being weakened by bad fishing practices, pollution, siltation and toxic algal blooms.
- Antonym: acidulation
- Antonym: basification
Derived terms
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editTranslations
editthe act or process of making something sour (acidifying), or changing into an acid
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French
editPronunciation
editNoun
editacidification f (plural acidifications)
Further reading
edit- “acidification”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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