underneutralize

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English

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Etymology

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under- +‎ neutralize

Verb

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underneutralize (third-person singular simple present underneutralizes, present participle underneutralizing, simple past and past participle underneutralized)

  1. (transitive) To make less neutral than required or expected, or (chemistry) closer to the neutral pH value without reaching it.
    • 2013, Stanley Humphries, Charged Particle Beams, page 506:
      The electrons overneutralize and underneutralize the beam.
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