oxidation

English oxide +‎ -ation (see oxidate), from French oxydation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɒksɪˈdeɪʃ(ə)n/

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• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌɑksɪˈdeɪʃ(ə)n/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ɔksɪˈdæɪʃ(ə)n/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

oxidation (countable and uncountable, plural oxidations)

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

• oxidisation
• oxidization

• reduction
• deoxidation
• deoxy

• oxidate
• oxidative
• oxide
• oxidise

oxidation c

1. oxidation, oxidization
2. (chemistry) oxidation

• oxid
• oxidera

• oxidation in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• oxidation in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)