neutralize

neutralization | American Dictionary

neutralization
noun[ U ]
us/ˌnu·trə·lɪˈzeɪ·ʃən/

neutralizationnoun[U] (NEUTRAL EFFECT)

the production of an effect that removes the effect of something else:
neutralization of the threat of attack

neutralizationnoun[U] (CHEMICAL REACTION)

chemistry
the reaction between an acid and a base, which produces a salt and water

Examples of neutralization

neutralization
Identification of individual members of the group can then be pursued by neutralization assays using individual antisera, following a similar method.
Neutralization and inflectional syncretism obscure the underlying dimensions so that the learner has to rely on large sets of data in order to discover regularities.
Due to phonological neutralizations, both orthographies contain homophonous graphemes, which provide alternative spellings for the same phoneme and constitute sources for spelling errors.
Not a neutralization of linguistic contrast but rather the dual activation of linguistic systems is indeed made explicit in this early modern genre.
One phonological change which severely weakened the distinction between these classes was the neutralization of unstressed vowels.
The rise of felsic magma to a high level in the crust without degassing or neutralization of the melt volatile phase suggests deep faulting.
In addition, reconstituted samples are often toxic for cells, which makes these samples unsuitable for virus neutralization assays.
For effective neutralization, there should be enough electron production mechanisms to assure the generation of total electron charge equal to the ion beam pulse charge.
The neutralization process in this case is accompanied by a loss of the negative characteristic the word previously included.
Elements can also be rendered apparently neutral via subsequent phonetic (near-)neutralization.
An attempt was made to serotype the enteroviral isolates by neutralization.
This hindered attempts to serotype the virus by neutralization and this mode of identification was abandoned in favour of a molecular approach.
A virus neutralization assay is very specific, but is very labour- and time-intensive to perform.
Indeed, it is much simpler and parsimonious to allow neutralization in the system.
This word, then, is a prime candidate for gender neutralization.
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