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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Electrolysis

/ĭl-ĕkˌ-träl'-əs-əs/ · E·lec·trol·y·sis · IPA /ɪlɛkˈtɹɒləsɪs/
01 n. The act or process of chemical decomposition, by the action of electricity; as, the electrolysis of silver or nickel for plating; the elect…
  1. 1.
    The act or process of chemical decomposition, by the action of electricity; as, the electrolysis of silver or nickel for plating; the electrolysis of water.(Physics & Chem.)