nitridize

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verb

To form a nitride from

Scrabble 19

Meanings

verbnitridize (third-person singular simple present nitridizes, present participle nitridizing, simple past and past participle nitridized)

present singular third person nitridizes · participle present nitridizing · participle past nitridized · past nitridized

  1. transitivechemistryTo form a nitride from

    If we regard lophine as an ammono compound then the conversion of formula III into formula II is an example of the Cannizzaro reaction in that an ammono aldehyde has been nitridized to an ammono acid […]

    1927, Harold Henry Strain, Ammono Aldehydes and Ketones, page 62

Origin

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