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The act or process of neutralizing, or the state of being neutralized.

Reduction to a standard or normal state.

of organizing; the act of arranging in a systematic way for use or action; as, the organization of an army, or of a deliberative body. "The first organization of the general government." Pickering.

Ozonation.

The act or process of paralyzing, or the state of being paralyzed.

The act of particularizing. Coleridge.

A process devised by Pasteur for preventing or checking fermentation in fluids, such as wines, milk, etc., by exposure to a temperature of 140º F., thus destroying the vitality of the contained germs or ferments.

The act of patronizing; patronage; support. [R.]

The act or process of reducing to pauperism. C. Kingsley.

The act, art, or process of representing sounds by phonetic signs.

The act of pluralizing. H. Spencer.

The act of polarizing; the state of being polarized, or of having polarity.

The act of inflating the middle ear by blowing air up the nose during the act of swallowing; -- so called from Prof. Politzer of Vienna, who first practiced it.

The act or process of changing to a polymeric form; the condition resulting from such change.

The act of making popular, or of introducing among the people.

The act of porphyrizing, or the state of being porphyrized.

A publishing by proclamation; a public proclamation. Bp. Hall.

The action of reducing to dust or powder.

The act or process of rationalizing.

The act of realizing, or the state of being realized.