desulfurization

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noun

The process of removing sulfur from a substance, such as flue gas or crude.

OriginEnglish desulfurize ← Middle English sulphur ← Anglo-Norman sulfre →
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Meanings

noundesulfurization (countable and uncountable, plural desulfurizations)

plural desulfurizations · alternative desulphurisation · alternative desulphurization

  1. countableuncountableThe process of removing sulfur from a substance, such as flue gas or crude.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Latinsulpur
  8. Latinsulfur
  9. Latinsulphur
  10. Anglo-Normansulfre
  11. Middle Englishsulphur
  12. Englishsulfur
  13. Englishsulfurize
  14. Englishdesulfurize
  15. Englishdesulfurization

From desulfurize + -ation.

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Translations

Finnish rikinpoisto
  • rikinpoistoprocess of removing sulfur
German Entschwefelung
  • Entschwefelungprocess of removing sulfur
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APA

desulfurization. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/desulfurization

MLA

“desulfurization.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/desulfurization. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “desulfurization,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/desulfurization.

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