IONISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ionise mean? 

• IONISE (verb)
  The verb IONISE has 2 senses:

1. become converted into ions

2. convert into ions

  Familiarity information: IONISE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IONISE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they ionise    ... he / she / it ionises   
Past simple: ionised   
Past participle: ionised   
-ing form: ionising   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Become converted into ions

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

ionise; ionize

Hypernyms (to "ionise" is one way to...):

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Verb group:

ionise; ionize (convert into ions)

Domain category:

physical chemistry (the branch of chemistry dealing with the physical properties of chemical substances)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

ionisation (the process of ionizing; the formation of ions by separating atoms or molecules or radicals or by adding or subtracting electrons from atoms by strong electric fields in a gas)

ionisation (the condition of being dissociated into ions (as by heat or radiation or chemical reaction or electrical discharge))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Convert into ions

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

ionise; ionize

Hypernyms (to "ionise" is one way to...):

change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)

Verb group:

ionise; ionize (become converted into ions)

Domain category:

physical chemistry (the branch of chemistry dealing with the physical properties of chemical substances)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

ion (a particle that is electrically charged (positive or negative); an atom or molecule or group that has lost or gained one or more electrons)

ionisation (the process of ionizing; the formation of ions by separating atoms or molecules or radicals or by adding or subtracting electrons from atoms by strong electric fields in a gas)

ionisation (the condition of being dissociated into ions (as by heat or radiation or chemical reaction or electrical discharge))

 Context examples 

An international team of astronomers detected a very faint glow emitted by ionised oxygen in the galaxy.

(ALMA and VLT Find Evidence for Stars Forming Just 250 Million Years After Big Bang, ESO)

The region of sky pictured is listed in the Sharpless catalogue of H II regions: interstellar clouds of ionised gas, rife with star formation.

(Stellar Nursery Blooms into View, ESO)

A galactic halo contains both dark and ordinary—or baryonic—matter that is primarily in the form of a hot ionised gas.

(Enigmatic radio burst illuminates a galaxy’s tranquil ​halo, ESO)