underneutralize
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From under- + neutralize.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]underneutralize (third-person singular simple present underneutralizes, present participle underneutralizing, simple past and past participle underneutralized)
- (transitive) To make less neutral than required or expected, or (chemistry) closer to the neutral pH value without reaching it.
- 2013, Stanley Humphries, Charged Particle Beams, page 506:
- The electrons overneutralize and underneutralize the beam.