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Oxidation

Oxˊi-da′tion

,

Noun.

[Cf. F.

oxidation

.]

(Chem.)

The act or process of oxidizing, or the state or result of being oxidized.

Definition 2024

Oxidation

Oxidation

See also: oxidation

German

Noun

Oxidation f ‎(genitive Oxidation, plural Oxidationen)

(chemistry) oxidation, a reaction in which the atoms of an element lose electrons

oxidation

oxidation

See also: Oxidation

English

Noun

oxidation ‎(plural oxidations)

The combination of a substance with oxygen.
(chemistry) A reaction in which the atoms of an element lose electrons and the oxidation state of the element increases.

Antonyms

reduction

Derived terms

oxidational

Related terms

Translations

combination of a substance with oxygen

Chinese:
Mandarin: 氧化 (zh) ‎(yǎnghuà)
Czech: oxidace f
Finnish: hapettuminen (fi)
French: oxydation (fr) f
German: Oxidation (de) f, Oxydation (de) f
Italian: ossidazione (it) f

Japanese: 酸化 (ja) ‎(さんか, sanka)
Kalmyk: исән ‎(isän)
Korean: 산화 (ko) ‎(sanhwa) (酸化 (ko))
Kyrgyz: оксидирлөө ‎(oksidirlöö)
Portuguese: oxidação (pt)
Russian: окисле́ние (ru) n ‎(okislénije), оксида́ция (ru) f ‎(oksidácija)
Spanish: oxidación (es) f
Turkish: paslanma (tr)

chemical reaction

Chinese:
Mandarin: 氧化作用 (zh) ‎(yǎnghuà zuòyòng)
Dutch: oxidatie (nl)
Finnish: hapetus (fi)
French: oxydation (fr) f
German: Oxidation (de) f
Hindi: रेडॉक्स ‎(reḍŏks)
Japanese: 酸化 (ja) ‎(さんか, sanka)
Kalmyk: исән ‎(isän)
Korean: 산화 (ko) ‎(sanhwa) (酸化 (ko))

Kyrgyz: оксидирлөө ‎(oksidirlöö)
Maori: ōhikitanga
Norwegian:

Bokmål: oksidasjon (no) m

Nynorsk: oksidasjon m
Polish: utlenianie (pl) n
Portuguese: oxidação (pt) f
Russian: окисле́ние (ru) n ‎(okislénije), оксида́ция (ru) f ‎(oksidácija)
Tagalog: sadagisik
Turkish: oksitlenme (tr)