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Electrolysis

Eˊlec-trol′y-sis

,

Noun.

[

Electro-

+ Gr. [GREEK] a loosing, dissolving, fr. [GREEK] 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.

Definition 2024

electrolysis

electrolysis

English

Noun

electrolysis ‎(uncountable)

(chemistry) the chemical change produced by passing an electric current through a conducting solution or a molten salt
the destruction of hair roots by means of an electric current

Translations

chemical change

Armenian: էլեկտրոլիզ (hy) ‎(ēlektroliz)
Basque: elektrolisi
Chinese:
Mandarin: 電解 (zh), 电解 (zh) ‎(diànjiě)
Czech: elektrolýza f
Esperanto: elektrolizo
Finnish: elektrolyysi (fi)
French: électrolyse (fr) f
German: Elektrolyse (de) f
Greek: ηλεκτρόλυση (el) f ‎(ilektrólysi)
Icelandic: rafgreining f

Ido: elektrolizo (io)
Italian: elettrolisi (it) f
Manx: scarrey lectragh m
Maori: tauhohe pāhiko
Polish: elektroliza (pl) f
Portuguese: electrólise (pt) f
Romanian: electroliză (ro)
Russian: э̀лектроли́з (ru) m ‎(èlektrolíz)
Spanish: electrólisis f
Swedish: elektrolys (sv) c

destruction of hair roots by electric current

French: électrolyse (fr) f
Greek: ηλεκτρόλυση (el) f ‎(ilektrólysi)

Manx: scarrey lectragh m

Related terms

See also

electroplating