velocitization
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
28
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
7
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The condition of being accustomed to high speeds, so that they no longer seem as fast.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Velocitization refers simply to deceptive speeds possible on a modern expressway."
- "Velocitization is a special danger when leaving a freeway. You may misjudge your speed on the exit ramp and come suddenly upon traffic stopped at a junction point connecting a lower speed roadway."
- "To prevent velocitization, the feeling of going slower than you really are, keep checking the speedometer while you drive."
- "A single gradient (part B) usually will suffice, although to obtain maximum purity (e.g., for use as a probe), a velocitization step (part D) and a second CsCl-PI gradient (part E) are added. The velocitization differs from equilibrium gradients in that molecules are pelleted at a rate proportional to their size and largeley independent of conformation."
- "For most enzymatic manipulations, including restriction endonuclease digestion, end-labelling, nick translation, or primer extension labelling (random priming), it is usually not necessary to perform the velocitization and final gradient steps."
- "A velocitization is sometimes used between two density-gradient ultracentrifugations to [19] mitochondrial genomics 317."
Etymology
From velocitize + -ation.
Word Breakdown
Usage
Inflected Forms
velocitizations (plural)