volatilization (vol at i liz ash on)

[ sation. Modern Sociology juts out into the sea of Time two opposite promontories: the promontory of Volatilization , or the dispersion of the individual into the community, and the promontory of Solidification, or the concentration of the community into the individual. Boardman, Creative Week, p. 112. The residue thus left by volatilization of the alcohol was neutralized with milk of lime. Science, XIII. 361. volatilize (vol'a-til-iz), v.; pret. and pp. vola tilized, ppr. volatilizing. [ In temperature as well as brightne , the voltaic arc exceeds all other artificial sources of heat; by its means the most refractory substances are fused and volatilized . G. B. Pre scott, Elect. Invent., p. 401. Emerson, on his part, has volatilized the e ence of New England thought into wreaths of spiritual beauty. Stedman, Poets of America, p. 98. II. in trans. To become volatile; pa off or be diffused in the form of vapor. It [mercury] also volatilises entirely by heat. G. Gore, Electro-Metal., p. 358. metals which As the temperature increases we find volatilize at a low temperature. J. N. Lockyer , Pop. Sci. Mo., XXXVIII. 77. Also spelled volatilise . vol at i on (vō-lā'shon), n. [ volational (vō-lā'shon-al), a. [