Word.ws English Dictionary

oxysulfate

oxysulfate noun: a compound containing both an oxide and a sulfate anion.

Noun

oxysulfate (plural oxysulfates)

  1. A compound containing both an oxide and a sulfate anion.
    • Magnesium oxysulfate cement is formulated by the reaction between magnesium oxide and magnesium sulfate solution, and like that of magnesium oxychloride it has very good binding properties.2006, Mark A. Shand, The chemistry and technology of magnesia, page 234

Forms of oxysulfate

pluraloxysulfates
alternative formoxysulphate

Origin of oxysulfate

From oxy- + sulfate.

Questions about oxysulfate

What does oxysulfate mean?
Oxysulfate means a compound containing both an oxide and a sulfate anion.
What part of speech is oxysulfate?
Oxysulfate is a noun.
What is the plural of oxysulfate?
The plural of oxysulfate is oxysulfates.

Words near oxysulfate in the dictionary

  1. oxysteroid
  2. oxysteroids
  3. oxysterol
  4. oxysterols
  5. oxystomatous
  6. oxysulfate
  7. oxysulfates
  8. oxysulfide
  9. oxysulfides
  10. oxysulphate
  11. oxysulphates

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: oxysulfate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “oxysulfate.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/oxysulfate. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.