Acidification

//əˌsɪdɪfɪˈkeɪʃən// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act or process of making something sour (acidifying), or changing into an acid. countable, uncountable

    "Coral reefs, for instance, are suffering from the higher temperatures and the effects of acidification whilst also being weakened by bad fishing practices, pollution, siltation and toxic algal blooms."

  2. 2
    the process of becoming acid or being converted into an acid wordnet

Synonyms

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carbonationcatalysiselectrolysisfermentfermentationnitration

Example

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"Acidification of the ocean will, in time, threaten the very existence of the Great Barrier Reef."

Etymology

Borrowed from French acidification, equivalent to acid + -ification.

Related phrases

ocean acidificationsoil acidification

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