Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Impregnation with ammonia or an ammonium compound.
- noun Production of ammonia or ammonium compounds in the decomposition of organic matter, especially through the action of bacteria.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of impregnating with ammonia, as for fertilization, or the state of being so impregnated.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun biochemistry The formation of
ammonia or its compounds fromnitrogenous compounds, especially as a result ofbacterial decomposition . - noun chemistry The treatment or impregnation of something with ammonia.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun impregnation with ammonia or a compound of ammonia
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Examples
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Denitrification and ammonification at low soil temperatures.
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They have power to convert organic nitrogen into ammonia nitrogen; that is, into the compound of nitrogen and hydrogen; and this step in the process is called ammonification.
The Story of the Soil; from the Basis of Absolute Science and Real Life, 1892
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In ammonification the carbon is separated or divorced from the nitrogen and united with oxygen.
The Story of the Soil; from the Basis of Absolute Science and Real Life, 1892
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"Technically the last two steps in the process are nitrification proper; but, speaking generally, the term nitrification is used to include the three steps, or both ammonification and nitrification proper.
The Story of the Soil; from the Basis of Absolute Science and Real Life, 1892
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