titanize

English

Etymology 1

titanium +‎ -ize

Alternative forms

• Titanise
• titanise

Verb

titanize (third-person singular simple present titanizes, present participle titanizing, simple past and past participle titanized)

1. To coat with a layer of titanium, often in the form of titanium oxide.
   • 1957, Journal of the Electrochemical Society - Volume 104, page 19:

     Nevertheless, it is possible to titanize all these metals using the same technique as that used to obtain Ti deposits on Fe.

   • 1963, Alfred R. Globus, Titanium Metal Powder, page 17:

     It “titanizes” copper to form silvery, wear-resistant coatings and despite its exceptional stability in massive form, it can be used as a powerful reducing agent; in short, it displays a versatility almost inconceivable in one material.

   • 1970, Protective Coatings on Metals, page 51:

     On the basis of these considerations, it may be postulated that, in addition to aluminizing and siliconizing, it is possible in principle to boronize, berylize, titanize, and vanadize metals by the circulation technique, since B, Be, Ti, and V halides of various valences are known to exist and their curves of thermodynamic formation potential plotted as a function of temperature intersect at temperatures which are suitable for coating production.

   • 1996, Zhang Laiqi, Li Musen, Sun Xitai, “Study on Titanizing in Neutral Salt Bath”, in Heat Treatment of Metals, volume 8:

     The results show that it is practicable to titanize by neutral salt bath in the electrode salt bath furnace without crucible.

   • 2002, Jining Xie, Chiauling Ong, Vijay K. Varadan, “Carbon and ceramic microcoils for MEMS by microwave CVD”, in Smart Structures and Materials July 2002 - SPIE's 9th Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials:

     It was found that the carbon microcoils derived from microwave method are easier to titanize than those derived from conventional method .

Etymology 2

titan +‎ -ize

Verb

titanize (third-person singular simple present titanizes, present participle titanizing, simple past and past participle titanized)

1. To make or depict as titanic.
   • 1905, Baldwin-Slocum Lectures, page 161:

     War titanizes. In war alone the nation stands at full height and reveals its true stature.

   • 1934, The Quill, page 1041:

     It all combines into a result of freshness and comprehensibility that makes Clapper two things: 1. A newspaperman's columnist. 2. A man who feels he's doing an interpreting job that is becoming increasingly necessary as time titanizes Washington's activities.

   • 1965, Richard A. Gregg, Fedor Tiutchev: the evolution of a poet, page 78:

     Lastly, we may note the common tendency of these poems to titanize nature.