NEUTRALIZATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does neutralization mean? 

• NEUTRALIZATION (noun)
  The noun NEUTRALIZATION has 4 senses:

1. action intended to keep a country politically neutral or exclude it from a possible war

2. a chemical reaction in which an acid and a base interact with the formation of a salt; with strong acids and bases the essential reaction is the combination of hydrogen ions with hydroxyl ions to form water

3. (euphemism) the removal of a threat by killing or destroying it (especially in a covert operation or military operation)

4. action intended to nullify the effects of some previous action

  Familiarity information: NEUTRALIZATION used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NEUTRALIZATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Action intended to keep a country politically neutral or exclude it from a possible war

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

neutralisation; neutralization

Context example:

the neutralization of Belgium

Hypernyms ("neutralization" is a kind of...):

nullification; override (the act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something)

Derivation:

neutralize (make incapable of military action)

neutralize (make politically neutral and thus inoffensive)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A chemical reaction in which an acid and a base interact with the formation of a salt; with strong acids and bases the essential reaction is the combination of hydrogen ions with hydroxyl ions to form water

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

neutralisation; neutralisation reaction; neutralization; neutralization reaction

Hypernyms ("neutralization" is a kind of...):

chemical reaction; reaction ((chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others)

Derivation:

neutralize (make chemically neutral)

Sense 3

Meaning:

(euphemism) the removal of a threat by killing or destroying it (especially in a covert operation or military operation)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

neutralisation; neutralization

Hypernyms ("neutralization" is a kind of...):

destruction; devastation (the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists)

Domain usage:

euphemism (an inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Action intended to nullify the effects of some previous action

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

counteraction; neutralisation; neutralization

Hypernyms ("neutralization" is a kind of...):

nullification; override (the act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something)

Derivation:

neutralize (make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of)

neutralize (oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions)

 Context examples 

Its major physiologic role appears to be neutralization of heparin-like molecules on the endothelial surface of blood vessels, thereby inhibiting local antithrombin III activity and promoting coagulation.

(Platelet Factor 4, NCI Thesaurus/from OMIM)

Neutralization of Factor Xa inhibits its activity and interrupts the blood coagulation cascade, thereby preventing thrombin formation and thrombus development.

(Fondaparinux, NCI Thesaurus)

Secreted IgA promotes immune exclusion by entrapping dietary antigens and microorganisms in the mucus and functions for neutralization of toxins and pathogenic microbes.

(Intestinal IgA Production Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

Fondaparinux sodium selectively binds to antithrombin III, thereby potentiating the innate neutralization of activated factor X (Factor Xa) by antithrombin.

(Fondaparinux sodium, NCI Thesaurus)

The unit is usually expressed in grams and is equal to the amount of substance that gains or loses one mole of electrons in a redox reaction, or to the amount of substances that releases or accepts one mole of hydrogen ions in a neutralization reaction; or to the amount of electrolyte that carries one mole of positive or negative charge.

(Equivalent Weight, NCI Thesaurus)

Fondaparinux selectively binds to antithrombin III, thereby potentiating the innate neutralization of activated factor X (Factor Xa) by antithrombin.

(Fondaparinux, NCI Thesaurus)