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acidification (s) (noun), acidifications (pl)
The process of becoming acid; conversion into an acid: Soil acidification takes place when acidic chemicals are put into the soil, caused by acid rain pollution, for example.

Acidification in the ocean is created by the burning of fossil fuels.

This entry is located in the following units: acid-, acidi-, acido-, -acidity (page 1) -ation, -ization (-iz[e] + -ation); -isation (British spelling variation) (page 2)