autoionize

English

Alternative forms

• autoionise

Etymology

From auto- +‎ ionize.

Verb

autoionize (third-person singular simple present autoionizes, present participle autoionizing, simple past and past participle autoionized)

1. (physics, of an atom or molecule) To spontaneously transition from an electrically neutral state to a lower-energy ionized state

Derived terms

• autoionization
• autoionizer