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oxophilicity

oxophilicity noun: a tendency to form oxides, typically by abstraction of oxygen from organic compounds.

Noun

oxophilicity (countable and uncountable, plural oxophilicities)

  1. A tendency to form oxides, typically by abstraction of oxygen from organic compounds.

Forms of oxophilicity

pluraloxophilicities

Origin of oxophilicity

From oxophilic + -ity.

Questions about oxophilicity

What does oxophilicity mean?
Oxophilicity means a tendency to form oxides, typically by abstraction of oxygen from organic compounds.
What part of speech is oxophilicity?
Oxophilicity is a noun.
What is the plural of oxophilicity?
The plural of oxophilicity is oxophilicities.

Words near oxophilicity in the dictionary

  1. oxopentanoic acid
  2. oxopentanoic acids
  3. oxophenarsine
  4. oxophilic
  5. oxophilicities
  6. oxophilicity
  7. oxophytodienoate
  8. oxopiperazine
  9. oxopnictide
  10. oxopnictides
  11. oxoprolinase

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