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oxychlorination

oxychlorination noun: simultaneous oxygenation and chlorination.

Noun

oxychlorination (plural oxychlorinations)

  1. Simultaneous oxygenation and chlorination

Forms of oxychlorination

pluraloxychlorinations

Origin of oxychlorination

From oxy- + chlorination.

Questions about oxychlorination

What does oxychlorination mean?
Oxychlorination means simultaneous oxygenation and chlorination.
What part of speech is oxychlorination?
Oxychlorination is a noun.
What is the plural of oxychlorination?
The plural of oxychlorination is oxychlorinations.

Words near oxychlorination in the dictionary

  1. oxychalcogenides
  2. oxychlordane
  3. oxychloric
  4. oxychloride
  5. oxychlorides
  6. oxychlorination
  7. oxychlorinations
  8. oxychorid
  9. oxychorids
  10. oxychrysazin
  11. oxycinchophen

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