overneutralize

English

Etymology

over- +‎ neutralize

Verb

overneutralize (third-person singular simple present overneutralizes, present participle overneutralizing, simple past and past participle overneutralized)

  1. (transitive) To make more neutral than required or expected, or (chemistry) beyond the neutral pH value.
    • 1948, Laurence V. Burton, Week-end Painter, page 175:
      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.
    • 2013, Stanley Humphries, Charged Particle Beams, page 506:
      The electrons overneutralize and underneutralize the beam.
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