'Ionization' definitions:
Definition of 'ionization'
(from WordNet)
noun
The condition of being dissociated into ions (as by heat or radiation or chemical reaction or electrical discharge); "the ionization of a gas" [syn: ionization, ionisation]
noun
The process of ionizing; the formation of ions by separating atoms or molecules or radicals or by adding or subtracting electrons from atoms by strong electric fields in a gas [syn: ionization, ionisation]
Definition of 'Ionization'
From: GCIDE
- Ionization \I`on*i*za"tion\, n. (Elec. Chem.) the process of converting neutral atoms or molecules into ions. The process may occur by dissolving an ionic substance in a dissociating solvent, such as water, or by adding or subtracting an electron to or from an atom or molecule. The latter process occurs, for example, in an electron beam in a mass spectrometer and by interaction of substances with ionizing radiation. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'ionization'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alpha decay,
- anion,
- atom-chipping,
- atom-smashing,
- atomic disintegration,
- atomic reaction,
- atomization,
- beta decay,
- bombardment,
- breeding,
- bullet,
- cation,
- chain reaction,
- cleavage,
- disintegration series,
- dissociation,
- electrocoating,
- electroetching,
- electrogalvanization,
- electrogilding,
- electrograving,
- electrolysis,
- electrolyte,
- electroplating,
- exchange reaction,
- fission,
- fission reaction,
- galvanization,
- gamma decay,
- ion,
- ionogen,
- neutron reaction,
- nonelectrolyte,
- nonreversible reaction,
- nuclear fission,
- nucleization,
- photodisintegration,
- proton gun,
- proton reaction,
- reversible reaction,
- splitting the atom,
- stimulation,
- target,
- thermonuclear reaction