Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Impregnation with ammonia or an ammonium compound.
- n. Production of ammonia or ammonium compounds in the decomposition of organic matter, especially through the action of bacteria.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The act of impregnating with ammonia, as for fertilization, or the state of being so impregnated.
Wiktionary
- n. biochemistry The formation of ammonia or its compounds from nitrogenous compounds, especially as a result of bacterial decomposition.
- n. chemistry The treatment or impregnation of something with ammonia.
WordNet 3.0
- n. impregnation with ammonia or a compound of ammonia
Examples
“Denitrification and ammonification at low soil temperatures.”
“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,
“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,
“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,
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