单词 | homogenization |
释义 | homogenizationn. 1. The process of making or becoming homogeneous; the action of homogenizing. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > uniformity > [noun] > making uniform levellinga1641 uniforming1700 uniformalization1805 uniformation1895 uniformization1899 homogenization1908 1908 Practitioner June 830 Methods for concentrating the bacilli..depend mainly on the homogenisation of the sputum by means of dilute alkalies or of enzymes. 1915 Jrnl. Physical Chem. 19 225 The stability of an emulsion is tremendously enhanced by homogenization. 1936 W. L. Davies Chem. Milk xii. 256 The homogenisation of cream, especially coffee cream, is widely practised. 1962 Lancet 22 Dec. 1330/2 Tissues were similarly extracted by fourfold homogenisations at 0°C in perchloric acid. 1963 Times 30 May 13/2 This homogenization of political discourse presents the Labour Party with some difficulties. 1964 M. McLuhan Understanding Media (1967) ii. xxxi. 345 America long ago achieved its Common Market by mechanical and literate homogenization of social organization. 1965 P. G. Shewmon in R. W. Cahn Physical Metall. viii. 370 Rates of homogenization are of interest in many metallurgical problems. 2. The state produced in something that has been homogenized; uniformity of composition. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > uniformity > [noun] evenlinesseOE evennessa1398 equality1398 uniformity?a1475 equalness1545 uniformness1579 coherence1588 constancy1593 identity1611 oneness1611 holdinga1616 homogeneity1625 homogeny1626 unity1638 equiformity1646 self-consistencya1652 invariableness1654 homogeneousness1658 univocacy1658 sameness1743 consistency1787 self-similarity1847 consistence1850 flushnessa1878 homogenization1938 1938 D. K. Bullens Steel & its Heat Treatm. (ed. 4) I. v. 131 When the more rapid cooling is to be used..it is desirable to attain homogenization of the austenite. 1955 P. Becher Princ. Emulsion Technol. v. 76 In order to achieve complete homogenization of milk..it is often necessary to employ a two-stage machine. 1962 A. G. Guy Physical Metall. for Engineers (1963) viii. 253 At a moderate temperature the rapid diffusion of zinc in copper produces effective homogenization of cast brasses. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1908 |
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