noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The act or an instance of atomizing.; Converting liquid to mist.
2. 2
   annihilation by reducing something to atoms wordnet
3. 3
   The act or an instance of atomizing.; Separating pieces of data so as to put each piece in its optimal place within a relational database model, avoiding needless duplication and spurious dependencies.

   "Holonym: normalization"

4. 4
   separating something into fine particles wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

ablationabrasionaerationaerificationaerosolizationaerosolization

Etymology

From atom + -ization.

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