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▪ I. ˈneutralizing, vbl. n.
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
The action of neutralize v. Formerly also the fact of remaining neutral.
1642Bridge Serm. Norfolk Volunteers 10 Want of courage and neutralizing in a Magistrate is worse then in others. 1657Reeve God's Plea 175 Let not the Country man..blush at your neutralizing. 1902Taylor & Baxter Key to Sight Testing xxiii. 148 The lenses used for testing should not be used for neutralizing. 1962L. S. Sasieni Optical Dispensing (ed. 2) xv. 355 The usual practice in neutralising is to hold the neutralising lens against the front surface of the spectacle lens and with the front surface towards the observer.
▪ II. ˈneutralizing, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
†1. Inclined to be neutral. Obs. rare—1.
1643J. Burroughes Exp. Hosea ii. (1652) 186, I had a neutralizing spirit, I looked which way the wind blew.
2. Rendering neutral, in various senses.
1784Watt in Phil. Trans. LXXIV. 420 It acted the part of a neutralizing acid. 1849Noad Electricity (ed. 3) 369 The neutralizing needle in his instrument is attached to the principal one. 1853W. Gregory Inorg. Chem. (ed. 3) 131 The composition of which may vary..without affecting the neutralising power. 1870Standard 16 Nov., We may consent to a modification of the neutralising clauses of the treaty in her favour. |