Electrolysis

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Electrolysis \E`lec*trol"y*sis\, n. [Electro- + Gr. ? a loosing,
     dissolving, fr. ? to loose, dissolve.] (Physics & Chem.)
     The act or process of chemical decomposition, by the action
     of electricity; as, the electrolysis of silver or nickel for
     plating; the electrolysis of water.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  electrolysis
       n 1: lysis of a bond produced by the passage of an electric
            current
       2: removing superfluous or unwanted hair by passing an electric
          current through the hair root

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  49 Moby Thesaurus words for "electrolysis":
     acetification, acidification, acidulation, alkalization, anion,
     bloodless surgery, carbonation, catalysis, cation, cauterization,
     cautery, chemicalization, electrocautery, electrocoating,
     electroetching, electrogalvanization, electrogilding,
     electrograving, electrolyte, electrolyzation, electroplating,
     electroresection, electrosurgery, ferment, fermentation,
     galvanization, hydrogenation, ion, ionization, ionogen, isomerism,
     laser surgery, metamerism, metamerization, nitration,
     nonelectrolyte, oxidation, oxidization, phosphatization,
     polymerism, polymerization, position isomerism, radiosurgery,
     reduction, saturization, surgery, surgical diathermy,
     surgical treatment, working