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What Is Oxidation
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ox·i·da·tion    Audio Help   [ok-si-dey-shuhn] Pronunciation Key
–noun Chemistry.
1.the process or result of oxidizing.
2.the deposit that forms on the surface of a metal as it oxidizes.
Also, ox·i·di·za·tion    Audio Help   [ok-si-duh-zey-shuhn] Pronunciation Key.


[Origin: 1785–95; oxide + -ation]

ox·i·da·tion·al, ox·i·da·tive, adjective
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ox·i·da·tion    Audio Help   (ŏk'sĭ-dā'shən)  Pronunciation Key 
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.


[French, from oxider, to oxidize, from oxide, oxide; see oxide.]

ox'i·da'tive adj., ox'i·da'tive·ly adv.
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oxidation

noun
the process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction 

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oxidation    Audio Help   (ŏk'sĭ-dā'shən)  Pronunciation Key 
  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.

oxidative adjective
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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.)


[Chapter:] Physical Sciences and Mathematics


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Oxidation

Ox`i*da"tion\, n. [Cf. F. oxidation.] (Chem.) The act or process of oxidizing, or the state or result of being oxidized.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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