sorbitize

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verb

To convert into a form containing sorbite.

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Meanings

verbsorbitize (third-person singular simple present sorbitizes, present participle sorbitizing, simple past and past participle sorbitized)

present singular third person sorbitizes · participle present sorbitizing · participle past sorbitized · past sorbitized

  1. engineeringTo convert into a form containing sorbite.

    It will be noted that it required four quenchings to entirely sorbitize the steel.

    1918, Denison Kingsley Bullens, Steel and its heat treatment, page 167
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    Besides, they selectively sorbitize ions of ammonium and of non-ferrous, alkaline-earth and radioactive metals, thereby enhancing their usefulness as filtering materials in water treatment.

    1998, Raj K. Singhal, Mine Planning and Equipment Selection 1998, →ISBN, page 703
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