verb
- to convert into mineral form or to impregnate with mineral matter
- to add mineral salts or nutrients to water or soil
Usage: British spelling; American English uses 'mineralize'; commonly used in geology and chemistry
Usage: British spelling; American English uses 'mineralize'
Examples
- The process will mineralise the organic matter over thousands of years.
- Groundwater can mineralise as it flows through rock layers.
- The company decided to mineralise the drinking water with calcium and magnesium.
- Fossils form when minerals gradually mineralise the original bone structure.
- Bacteria help mineralise nitrogen in the soil, making it available to plants.
- The spring water is naturally mineralised with beneficial trace elements.