overneutralize
verbEtymology From over- + neutralize.
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To make more neutral than required or expected, or (chemistry) beyond the neutral pH value.
- 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:
- The electrons overneutralize and underneutralize the beam.2013, Stanley Humphries, Charged Particle Beams, page 506:
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