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oxidation

[ok-si-dey-shuh n]
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noun Chemistry.
  1. the process or result of oxidizing.
  2. the deposit that forms on the surface of a metal as it oxidizes.
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Also ox·i·di·za·tion [ok-si-duh-zey-shuh n] /ˌɒk sɪ dəˈzeɪ ʃən/.

Origin of oxidation

First recorded in 1785–95; oxide + -ation
Related formsox·i·da·tion·al, ox·i·da·tive, adjectivenon·ox·i·da·tion, nounnon·ox·i·da·tive, adjectivenon·ox·i·di·za·tion, nouno·ver·ox·i·di·za·tion, nounre·ox·i·da·tion, nounself-ox·i·da·tion, nounun·ox·i·da·tive, adjective
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Examples from the Web for oxidization

Historical Examples

  • There is no corrosion, oxidization or other form of deterioration.

    The Wonder Book of Knowledge

    Various

  • Where does this oxidization, or burning up of worn-out cells, take place?

    The Recitation

    George Herbert Betts

  • The luminescence, therefore, is controlled by the respiratory organs and the work produced is an oxidization.

  • This last phenomenon is very likely connected with a greater consumption of hmoglobin, the substance being used up by oxidization.

  • These ferments set up an oxidization process which splits up the complex organic compounds which still exist in the leaf cells.

    Tobacco Leaves

    W. A. Brennan

British Dictionary definitions for oxidization

oxidation

noun
    1. the act or process of oxidizing
    2. (as modifier)an oxidation state; an oxidation potential
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Derived Formsoxidational, adjectiveoxidative, adjective
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Word Origin and History for oxidization

oxidation

n.

1791, from French oxidation (1787), coined by G. de Morveau and A. Lavoisier, noun of action from oxider "oxidize," from oxide (see oxide).

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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
oxidization in Medicine

oxidation

(ŏk′sĭ-dā′shən)
n.
  1. The combination of a substance with oxygen.
  2. A reaction in which the atoms in an element lose electrons and the valence of the element is correspondingly increased.
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oxidization in Science

oxidation

[ŏk′sĭ-dā′shən]
  1. The chemical combination of a substance with oxygen.
  2. A chemical reaction in which an atom or ion loses electrons, thus undergoing an increase in valence. Removing an electron from an iron atom having a valence of +2 changes the valence to +3. Compare reduction.
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Related formsoxidative adjective
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oxidization in Culture

oxidation

Any chemical reaction in which a material gives up electrons, as when the material combines with oxygen. Burning is an example of rapid oxidation; rusting is an example of slow oxidation. (See combustion and reduction.)

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