autoionize

autoionize

English

Alternative forms

  • autoionise

Etymology

Etymology tree
English auto-
Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey-
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éyti
Proto-Hellenic *éimi
Ancient Greek εἶμι (eîmi)der.
English ion
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.
Late Latin -izōder.
Middle French -iserbor.
Middle English -isen
English -ize
English ionize
English autoionize

    From auto- + ionize.

    Verb

    autoionize (third-person singular simple present autoionizes, present participle autoionizing, simple past and past participle autoionized)

    1. (physics, of an atom or molecule) To spontaneously transition from an electrically neutral state to a lower-energy ionized state

    Derived terms

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