sulfurization

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noun

Treatment or impregnation with sulfur.

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

nounsulfurization (plural sulfurizations)

plural sulfurizations

  1. Treatment or impregnation with sulfur.

Origin

  1. Latinsulpur
  2. Latinsulfur
  3. Latinsulphur
  4. Anglo-Normansulfre
  5. Middle Englishsulphur
  6. Englishsulfur
  7. Englishsulfurization

From sulfur + -ization.

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Translations

German Schwefelung
  • Schwefelungtreatment with sulfur
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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