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demineralize

[ dee-min-er-uh-lahyz ]

verb (used with object)

demineralized, demineralizing.
  1. to remove minerals from; deprive of mineral content.


verb (used without object)

demineralized, demineralizing.
  1. to lose mineral content; become demineralized.

demineralize

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verb

  1. tr to remove dissolved salts from (a liquid, esp water)
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Derived Forms

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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • »å±ð·³¾¾±²Ôe°ù·²¹±ô·¾±Â·³ú²¹î€ƒt¾±´Ç²Ô noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of demineralize1

First recorded in 1930–35; de- + mineralize
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Example Sentences

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If you don’t have any available, try to find bottled water labeled de-ionized, purified, demineralized or distilled.

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Down the hatch you tip your personal potpourri of ingredients; inside, they mingle politely with near-pure ethanol and demineralized water.

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Could demineralized water be bad for you in some circumstances?

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Horner, now of the Burke Museum in Seattle, Washington, credits Schweitzer for the idea of demineralizing the fossil, a practice rare in paleontology but common for biologists studying modern bone.

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Compare it side by side with other commercially produced gins whose water source is unspecified and/or demineralized, and you notice the difference in Martin Miller’s immediately.

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