ionization

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: i=on=i=za=tion

CIDE DICTIONARY

ionization, n. 

 the process of converting neutral atoms or molecules into ions. The process may occur by dissolving an ionic substance in a dissociating solvent, such as water, or by adding or subtracting an electron to or from an atom or molecule. The latter process occurs, for example, in an electron beam in a mass spectrometer and by interaction of substances with ionizing radiation.  [PJC]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

ionization, n. (also -isation) the process of producing ions as a result of solvation, heat, radiation, etc.

Idiom

ionization chamber an instrument for detecting ionizing radiation.

THESAURUS

ionization

alpha decay, anion, atom-chipping, atom-smashing, atomic disintegration, atomic reaction, atomization, beta decay, bombardment, breeding, bullet, cation, chain reaction, cleavage, disintegration series, dissociation, electrocoating, electroetching, electrogalvanization, electrogilding, electrograving, electrolysis, electrolyte, electroplating, exchange reaction, fission, fission reaction, galvanization, gamma decay, ion, ionogen, neutron reaction, nonelectrolyte, nonreversible reaction, nuclear fission, nucleization, photodisintegration, proton gun, proton reaction, reversible reaction, splitting the atom, stimulation, target, thermonuclear reaction