passivifyv.
/pəˈsɪvᵻfʌɪ/, U.S. /pæˈsɪvəˌfaɪ/, /pəˈsɪvəˌfaɪ/ Manufacturing Technology. Now rare.
transitive. = passivate v. 1.
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with coating or covering materials > work with coating or covering materials [verb (transitive)] > coat with protective material
passivify1907
passivate1964
1907 Jrnl. Soc. Chem. Industry 31 Aug. 902/1 All the solutions enumerated above that passivify iron contain an oxy-anion.
1934 Jrnl. Iron & Steel Inst. 129 619 The addition of easily passivified metals, such as chromium and nickel, to iron yields alloys which are more easily passivified than iron itself.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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