oxidation
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See also: Oxidation
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From French oxydation, equivalent to oxide + -ation. See oxidate.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ɒksɪˈdeɪʃ(ə)n/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˌɑksɪˈdeɪʃ(ə)n/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ɔksɪˈdæɪʃ(ə)n/
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
[edit]oxidation (countable and uncountable, plural oxidations)
- The combination of a substance with oxygen.
- 2015 September 15, “Assessing the Metabolic Diversity of Streptococcus from a Protein Domain Point of View”, in PLOS ONE[1], :
- On the other hand, it can be observed that, with small exceptions, the S. pneumonia strains are the only Streptococci equipped with homospermidine biosynthesis and pyruvate oxidation pathways, which have been found to be involved in pathogenicity mechanisms [50 ] and in the counteraction of oxidative stress [51 ].
- 2016, Kyle E. Niemeyer, Nicholas J. Curtis, Chih-Jen Sung, “pyJac: analytical Jacobian generator for chemical kinetics”, in arXiv[2]:
- As a demonstration, we first establish the correctness of the Jacobian matrices for kinetic models of hydrogen, methane, ethylene, and isopentanol oxidation, then demonstrate the performance achievable on CPUs and GPUs using pyJac via matrix evaluation timing comparisons..
- (chemistry) A reaction in which the atoms of an element lose electrons and the oxidation state of the element increases.
Synonyms
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[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- ammoxidation
- antioxidation
- autooxidation
- autoxidation
- Baeyer-Villiger oxidation
- beta-oxidation
- bio-oxidation
- biooxidation
- cooxidation
- disoxidation
- electrooxidation
- glycoxidation
- hyperoxidation
- Lindgren oxidation
- Moffatt oxidation
- Oppenauer oxidation
- overoxidation
- oxidational
- oxidation number
- oxidation-reduction
- Pfitzner-Moffatt oxidation
- photooxidation
- Pinnick oxidation
- preoxidation
- pre-oxidation
- reoxidation
- sesquioxidation
- superoxidation
- Swern oxidation
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[edit]Translations
[edit]combination of a substance with oxygen
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chemical reaction
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Swedish
[edit]Noun
[edit]oxidation c
Declension
[edit]Declension of oxidation
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