| electrolytic | <chemistry, physics> Pertaining to electrolysis; as, electrolytic action. Electrolytically. Origin: Cf. F. Electrolytique. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| electrolytic cell | <chemistry> A cell that uses electrical energy to produce a chemical change that would otherwise not occur spontaneously. (09 Jan 1998) |
| electrolytical | <chemistry, physics> Pertaining to electrolysis; as, electrolytic action. Electrolytically. Origin: Cf. F. Electrolytique. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| theory of electrolytic dissociation | The theory of electrolytic dissociation (1887) that became the basis of our modern understanding of electrolytes: in an electrically conductive solution (e.g., acid, base, or salt), free ions are present before electrolysis, and the proportion of molecules dissociated into ions can be calculated from measurements of electrical conductivity as well as of osmotic pressure. Synonym: Arrhenius law. (05 Mar 2000) |
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