Hypertext Webster Gateway: "oxidation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Oxidation \Ox`i*da"tion\, n. [Cf. F. oxidation.] (Chem.)
The act or process of oxidizing, or the state or result of
being oxidized.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
oxidation
n : the process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a
compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs
accompanied by reduction [syn: {oxidization}, {oxidisation}]
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