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oxydation

oxydation is the archaic spelling of oxidation.

Meaning of oxidation

Noun

oxidation (countable and uncountable, plural oxidations)

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

Forms of oxydation

pluraloxydations

Questions about oxydation

What is oxydation the archaic spelling of?
Oxydation is the archaic spelling of oxidation.

Words near oxydation in the dictionary

  1. oxydases
  2. oxydate
  3. oxydated
  4. oxydates
  5. oxydating
  6. oxydation
  7. oxydations
  8. oxyde
  9. oxydehydrogenation
  10. oxydehydrogenations
  11. oxyderivative

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