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hydrolytic

[ hahy-druh-lit-ik ]

adjective

  1. producing, noting, or resulting in hydrolysis.


hydrolytic

/ ˌɪəˈɪɪ /

adjective

  1. of, concerned with, producing, or produced by hydrolysis
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of hydrolytic1

First recorded in 1870–75; hydro- 1 + -lytic
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Example Sentences

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“These materials are far more resistant to hydrolytic breakdown than polycarbonate — that was one of the big selling points,” says Schmidt.

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He was doubtful that DNA could have stood the hydrolytic and oxidative forces acting on it for the millions of years boasted.

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Pepsin, Pepsine, pep′sin, n. one of the essential constituents of the gastric juice: the active agent in fermenting food in the stomach—a hydrolytic ferment.—adj.

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It appears to be synthesized in the plant tissues from carbon dioxide and water, formaldehyde being an intermediate product; or it may be a hydrolytic product of a glucoside or of a polysaccharose, such as cane sugar, starch, cellulose, &c.

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The above figures are only applicable to the particular sample used; other samples containing different excesses of base would yield different hydrolytic values.

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