Definitions for sensitize

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sensitize sen·si·tize

Spelling: [sen-si-tahyz]

IPA: /ˈsɛn sɪˌtaɪz/

Sensitize is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 18 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 154 anagrams from letters in sensitize (eeiinsstz).

Definitions for sensitize

verb (used with object)

1. to render sensitive.
2. Photography. to render (a film or the like) sensitive to light or other forms of radiant energy.
3. Immunology. to render sensitive to an antigenic substance.

verb (used without object)

1. to become sensitized.

Origin of sensitize

First recorded in 1855-60; sensit(ive) + -ize

Examples for sensitize

To sensitize the plates I employ a bath of bichromate of potash of six per cent, and again dry them.

Use unglazed writing-paper, and sensitize a strip at the top a little larger than the picture to be printed on it.

To sensitize, immerse the silk in a 20 grain solution of silver nitrate for about sixteen minutes.