acidification
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
acidification (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, 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: basification
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Translations
the act or process of making something sour (acidifying), or changing into an acid
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French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.si.di.fi.ka.sjɔ̃/
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Further reading
- “acidification” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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