Associations to the word «Electrolysis»

Wiktionary

ELECTROLYSIS, noun. (chemistry) the chemical change produced by passing an electric current through a conducting solution or a molten salt
ELECTROLYSIS, noun. The destruction of hair roots by means of an electric current

Dictionary definition

ELECTROLYSIS, noun. (chemistry) a chemical decomposition reaction produced by passing an electric current through a solution containing ions.
ELECTROLYSIS, noun. Removing superfluous or unwanted hair by passing an electric current through the hair root.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne