Go to MSN Homeencarta®
Dictionary
Find
in
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Translations
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
Click to move up the list of words
hydroid
hydrokinetics
hydrolase
hydrologic cycle
hydrology
hydrolysate
hydrolyse
hydrolysis
hydrolyze
hydromagnetics
hydromancy
hydromechanics
hydromedusa
hydromel
hydrometallurgy
hydrometeor
hydrometer
Click to move down the list of words
Also available:

World English Dictionary
Dictionnaire Français

hydrolyze
hy·dro·lyze [ hdrə lz ] (past and past participle hy·dro·lyzed, present participle hy·dro·lyz·ing, 3rd person present singular hy·dro·lyz·es)


transitive and intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
undergo hydrolysis: to undergo hydrolysis, or make a substance undergo hydrolysis
[Late 19th century. <hydrolysis, after analysis, analyze]

hy·dro·lyz·a·ble adjective
hy·dro·ly·za·tion [ hdrəli záysh'n ] noun
Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] © & (P)2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Developed for Microsoft by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
Advertisement
© 2009 Microsoft