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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
electrolyze .
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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is working with Proton Energy Systems on the Water Rocket program, which would develop a satellite that exploits a "closed loop" regenerative fuel cell: Solar power electrolyzes water into hydrogen, then the hydrogen is converted into electricity and water.
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I'm not so sure, but on earth, every time there's a lightning flash, it electrolyzes some water vapor into hydrogen and oxygen, and then the hydrogen escapes into space, because terrestrial gravitation won't hold it permanently.
Valley of Dreams Stanley Grauman Weinbaum 1918
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