Associations to the word «Ionize»

Wiktionary

IONIZE, verb. (chemistry) (physics) To dissociate atoms or molecules into electrically charged species; to be thus dissociated.

Dictionary definition

IONIZE, verb. Become converted into ions.
IONIZE, verb. Convert into ions.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky