Oxidation Definition

ŏksĭ-dāshən
noun
Any process in which oxygen combines with an element or substance, either slowly, as in the rusting of iron, or rapidly, as in the burning of wood.
Webster's New World
The process of increasing the positive valence or of decreasing the negative valence of an element or ion.
Webster's New World
The process by which electrons are removed from atoms or ions.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Oxidation

Noun

Singular:
oxidation
Plural:
oxidations

Origin of Oxidation

  • French from oxider to oxidize from oxide oxide oxide

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Oxidation Sentence Examples

  • In practice this oxidation process is continued until the whole of the oxygen is as nearly as possible equal in weight to the sulphur present as sulphide or as sulphate, i.e.

  • On reduction glucose appears to yield the hexahydric alcohol d-sorbite, and on oxidation d-gluconic and d-saccharic acids.

  • It is very hygroscopic, dissolves readily in water, and rapidly undergoes oxidation on exposure to air.

  • The transformation is not one of the oxidation of a hexamethylene compound to a benzenoid compound, for only two hydrogen atoms are removed.

  • During recent years an immense number of ringed or cyclic compounds have been discovered, which exhibit individual characters more closely resembling benzene, naphthalene, &c. than purely aliphatic substances, inasmuch as in general they contain double linkages, yet withstand oxidation, and behave as nuclei, forming derivatives in much the same way as benzene.

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Words Starting With

OOXOXI

Words Ending With

NONION

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oxidation

Words Starting With O and Ending With N

Starts With O & Ends With NStarts With OX & Ends With NStarts With O & Ends With ON

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9 Letter Words9 Letter Words Starting With O9 Letter Words Ending With N