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re⋅dox

[ree-doks]
–noun, adjective Chemistry.
oxidation-reduction.

Origin:
1820–30; by shortening and inversion

ox⋅i⋅da⋅tion-re⋅duc⋅tion

[ok-si-dey-shuhn-ri-duhk-shuhn] Chemistry
–noun
1. a chemical reaction between two substances in which one substance is oxidized and the other reduced.
–adjective
2. of or pertaining to such a reaction.
Also called redox.


Origin:
1905–10
re·dox   (rē'dŏks')   
n.  Oxidation-reduction.

[red(uction) + ox(idation).]

redox 
1928, from red(uction) + xo(idation).

Main Entry: 1re·dox
Pronunciation: 'rE-"däks
Function: adjective
: of or relating to oxidation-reduction

Main Entry: 2redox
Function: noun
: OXIDATION-REDUCTION redox apparently occurs, and the electron moves from cation to anion —D. S. Murty et al>

redox re·dox (rē'dŏks')
n.
See oxidation-reduction.

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