unionize

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To organize workers into a union. ambitransitive
    — The company laid off all the workers when they tried to unionize.
  2. Synonym of deionize.; To cause (an ionized substance) to return to a neutral state; to convert (an ion) into a neutral atom or molecule. physical,rare,transitive
    — For the experiments designed to study the effect of pH, aqueous solutions of NaOH were used. Approximately 3 mL of the aqueous phase was drawn out for sampling and a portion of this was used to determine the pH[…]. The other portion was analyzed after addition of HCl solution to bring the pH below 3.0 (to unionize the dissociated vinyl acids).
  3. Synonym of deionize.; Of an ionized substance, to return to a neutral state. intransitive,physical,rare
    — The water absorbency of the anionically starch-grafted AA/AM absorbent is markedly affected by the pH of the buffer solution at different ionic strengths. The charge of the ionic monomer affects the pH sensitivity of the superabsorbent polymers. An acidic superabsorbent normally ionizes at high pH but unionizes at low pH.

词形变化

unionizes present,singular,third-person unionizing participle,present unionized participle,past unionized past unionise alternative unionizes present,singular,third-person unionizing participle,present unionized participle,past unionized past un-ionize alternative unionise alternative un-ionise alternative

词汇关系

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English union
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 unionize
From union + -ize.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent-
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éntsder.
Proto-Germanic *anda-
Proto-West Germanic *anda-
Old English and-
Old English on-
Middle English on-
English un-
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 unionize
From un- + ionize.
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