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ELECTROLYSIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Removing superfluous or unwanted hair by passing an electric current through the hair root
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("electrolysis" is a kind of...):
depilation; epilation (the act of removing hair (as from an animal skin))
Sense 2
Meaning:
(chemistry) a chemical decomposition reaction produced by passing an electric current through a solution containing ions
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("electrolysis" is a kind of...):
chemical decomposition reaction; decomposition; decomposition reaction ((chemistry) separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance)
Domain category:
chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)
Derivation:
electrolytic (of or concerned with or produced by electrolysis)
