passivate

English

Etymology

From passive +‎ -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

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Verb

passivate (third-person singular simple present passivates, present participle passivating, simple past and past participle passivated)

1. (chemistry) to reduce the chemical reactivity of a surface by applying a coating

Antonyms

• activate

Derived terms

• passivation

Translations

to reduce the chemical reactivity of a surface

• Bulgarian: пасивирам (pasiviram)
• Catalan: passivar (ca)
• Finnish: passivoida (fi)
• German: passivieren (de)
• Italian: passivare

Italian

Verb

passivate

1. second-person plural imperfect indicative of passire
2. inflection of passivare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative
3. feminine plural of passivato

Anagrams

• passatevi, pavesasti