The Collaborative International Dictionary
Electrolyze \E*lec"tro*lyze\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Electrolyzed; p. pr. & vb. n. Electrolyzing.] [Cf. F.
To decompose by the direct action of electricity.
--Faraday.[See Electrolysis.] To subject to electrolysis. -- E*lec`tro*ly*za"tion, n.
Wiktionary
vb. To decompose by means of, or as a result of electrolysis
Usage examples of "electrolyze".
Hydrogen Economy concept envisions nuclear power plants that simultaneously desalt water for drinking and electrolyze water for its hydrogen-oxygen fuel content.
Orel poulticed, cupped, balsamed, and electrolyzed the brain into double its capacity or double your money back.
The world runs on sunscreen produced electricity or cryogenic hydrogen electrolyzed from sea water by that same sunscreen produced electricity.
The methane so produced is liquefied and stored, while the water is electrolyzed to produce oxygen, which is stored, and hydrogen, which is recycled through the methanator.
Some of it was actively dangerousmaintaining the high-pressure storage tanks where the hydrogen fuel was kept after being electrolyzed out of glacier meltwater by the solar energy.
If it drops below 1-2%, the pot voltage rises, and the cryolite is itself electrolyzed ("anode effect").
The water was electrolyzed using an advanced solid polymer electrolyte (SPE) unit similar to those developed years before for use in nuclear submarines to produce oxygen and return hydrogen to the catalytic process in the reactor.
They may be short on rocket propellant, though, since the hydrogen and oxygen are electrolyzed from the water that the facility produces.