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of polarity, or the result of such action; reduction to an unpolarized condition. Depolarization of light (Opt.), a change in the plane of polarization of rays, especially by a crystalline medium, such that the light which had been extinguished by the analyzer reappears as if the polarization had been anulled. The word…

The act or the process of freeing from silver; also, the condition resulting from the removal of silver.

The act of desynonymizing.

Dethronement. [Obs.] Speed.

The act of detonizing; detonation.

The material subjected to dialysis.

The act or process of dialysis.

The act of changing into a diphthong. H. Sweet.

The state of being disorganized; as, the disorganization of the body, or of government. The magazine of a pawnbroker in such total disorganization, that the owner can never lay his hands upon any one article at the moment he has occasion for it. Sir W. Scott.

A making divine. M. Arnold.

A blockhead. [Obs.] [Written also dizard, and disard.] -- Diz"zard*ly, adv. [Obs.]

Capable of being dramatized.

Act of dramatizing.

The act of setting free the dynamic powers of a medicine, as by shaking the bottle containing it.

The act or practice of using to the best effect. [R.] H. Spenser.

The act of electrizing; electrification.

Capable of being electrolyzed, or decomposed by electricity.

The act or the process of electrolyzing.

Pertaining to Queen Elizabeth or her times, esp. to the architecture or literature of her reign; as, the Elizabethan writers, drama, literature. -- n.

The act of naturalizing. [R.]