MEANING
To produce or thicken an oxide layer on a metal surface through an electrochemical treatment.
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Words that belong together
- anodize aluminum
- an anodized surface
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The anodized surface retained its dull sheen around the scratched hatch.
The maintenance order specified that the aluminum parts be anodized before installation.
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Word forms
- Base
- anodize
- Past tense
- anodized
- Past participle
- anodized
- Present participle
- anodizing
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- anodize
- Present continuous
- am/is/are anodizing
- Present perfect
- have/has anodized
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been anodizing
- Past
- anodized
- Past continuous
- was/were anodizing
- Past perfect
- had anodized
- Past perfect continuous
- had been anodizing
- Future
- will anodize
- Future continuous
- will be anodizing
- Future perfect
- will have anodized
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been anodizing
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Usage notes
Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: anodize; anodizes; anodized; anodized; anodizing Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: anodizes.
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