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overneutralize en · VERB

Etymology

From over- + neutralize.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To make more neutral than required or expected, or (chemistry) beyond the neutral pH value.
   • The electrons overneutralize and underneutralize the beam. 2013, Stanley Humphries, Charged Particle Beams, page 506:
   • If you will overneutralize the colors in the background and increase the Chroma of the colors in the foreground, you will discover that depth will begin to come into your picture. 1948, Laurence V. Burton, Week-end Painter, page 175:

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