An industrial process generates wastewater containing dissolved sulfur dioxide, which behaves as an acid in solution. To safely treat this wastewater before discharge, it is mixed with a solution of sodium hydroxide.
State the chemical term for the type of reaction that occurs when this acidic solution reacts with sodium hydroxide.
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