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protoxidize

protoxidize verb: to combine (an elementary substance) with oxygen, in such proportion as to form a protoxide.

Verb

protoxidize (third-person singular simple present protoxidizes, present participle protoxidizing, simple past and past participle protoxidized)

  1. (transitive) To combine (an elementary substance) with oxygen, in such proportion as to form a protoxide.

Forms of protoxidize

third-person singular presentprotoxidizes
present participleprotoxidizing
past participleprotoxidized
pastprotoxidized

Origin of protoxidize

From protoxide + -ize.

Questions about protoxidize

What does protoxidize mean?
Protoxidize means to combine (an elementary substance) with oxygen, in such proportion as to form a protoxide.
What part of speech is protoxidize?
Protoxidize is a verb.
What is the past tense of protoxidize?
The past tense of protoxidize is protoxidized.

Words near protoxidize in the dictionary

  1. protowords
  2. protowriting
  3. protoxid
  4. protoxide
  5. protoxides
  6. protoxidize
  7. protoxidized
  8. protoxidizes
  9. protoxidizing
  10. protoxids
  11. protoxin

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