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Definition 2025

oxidizing_agent

oxidizing agent

English

Noun

oxidizing agent ‎(plural oxidizing agents)

(chemistry) Any substance that oxidizes, or receives electrons from, another; in so doing, it becomes reduced.

Translations

any substance that oxidizes, or receives electrons from, another

Finnish: hapetin (fi), hapete

Japanese: 酸化剤 ‎(sanka-zai)

See also

reducing agent