单词 | demineralization |
释义 | demineralizationn. The removal of salts, esp. from sea or brackish water; also, any abnormal loss of salts from the body. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > freedom from impurities > removal of impurities > desalination or softening of water > [noun] desalinization1860 water-softening1862 demineralization1903 desalting1945 desalination1958 1903 Med. Record LXIII. 621/1 The demineralization is proved by an increase in the mineral residue of the urine..and by a correlative decrease in the mineralization of the blood. 1955 Bull. Atomic Scientists Oct. 286/3 Recent developments in the demineralization of sea water. 1962 Lancet 2 June 1168/2 The essential defect has been recognised as a failure in the calcification of new bone and cartilage, rather than a demineralisation of existing bone. Derivatives deˈmineralize v. (transitive) to remove salts from. ΚΠ 1934 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Demineralize v. 1943 Industr. & Engin. Chem. (Industr. ed.) 35 192/1 The total cost of demineralizing this water is..27 cents per 1000 gallons. 1958 New Scientist 6 Nov. 1199/1 The new water supply scheme for Guernsey will be of this form, and some 500,000 gallons of sea water will be demineralised each day. 1960 Farmer & Stockbreeder 1 Mar. 137/3 She [sc. a sow] has been demineralized, and her bones softened. deˈmineralized adj. ΚΠ 1943 Industr. & Engin. Chem. Feb. 186/2 The precise composition of this demineralized effluent depends to some extent upon the quality of the raw water. 1956 Nature 28 Jan. 183/1 The clear end was cut off and dissolved in demineralized water and the metal then recovered by electro-deposition. deˈmineralizer n. an apparatus or installation used for demineralization. ΚΠ 1960 Times 18 Aug. p. ix/4 A special de-mineralizer to remove substances that might be harmful to the boilers. deˈmineralizing n. ΚΠ 1943 Industr. & Engin. Chem. Feb. 186/2 The demineralizing process does not remove silica from water. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1903 |
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