underneutralize

verb

underneutralize

verb

Etymology From under- + neutralize.

1

To make less neutral than required or expected, or (chemistry) closer to the neutral pH value without reaching it.

  • The electrons overneutralize and underneutralize the beam.2013, Stanley Humphries, Charged Particle Beams, page 506:
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