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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
Etymology 2 vb. (context chemistry transitive English) To combine with oxygen or otherwise make an oxide.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Oxidize \Ox"i*dize\ ([o^]ks"[i^]*d[imac]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Oxidized ([o^]ks"[i^]*d[imac]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. Oxidizing .] (Chem.) To combine with oxygen, or subject to the action of oxygen, or of an oxidizing agent. Specifically: To combine with oxygen ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. enter into a combination with oxygen or become converted into an oxide; "This metal oxidizes easily" [syn: oxidise , oxidate ] add oxygen to or combine with oxygen [syn: oxidise , oxidate ] [ant: deoxidize , deoxidize ]
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
verb EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Through the years, paint oxidizes as it's exposed to air. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ At the surface, the iron was oxidized. ▪ At the town center were two low church spires of oxidized copper surmounted by twin crosses. ▪ He ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1802 (implied in oxidizable ), from oxide + -ize . Related: Oxidized ; oxidizing ; oxidization .
Usage examples of oxidize.
Then he hooked his hat on a wood peg and combed his hair in an oxidized mirror, lit an unfiltered cigarette, and sat down at a table by himself while a mulatto woman brought him a shot of whiskey and a beer on the side and a length of white boudin in a saucer.
The quantity of iron peroxidised is determined by taking a known quantity of ferrous salt, oxidizing with a weighed sample of nitrate, and then determining the residual ferrous iron by titration with bichromate or permanganate of potassium solution.
An oxidized crust of thin metal plated the soil around the noint of impact.
It sends in the first aid crew to revegetate the area and cover the poor oxidizing and eroding, bare soil.
The vegetation which actually oxidized the saturated hydrocarbons of Mesklinite biological waste and gave off free hydrogen was represented by a variety of unicellular species corresponding as nearly as might be expected to terrestrial algae.
When black teas are processed, the leaves are oxidized for a number of hours, and it is during this time that most, but not all, of the unoxidized polyphenols are transformed through air exposure.
From a pyrolysis process we would expect to find traces of elemental iron and silicon, or perhaps slightly oxidized forms .
From a pyrolysis process we would expect to find traces of elemental iron and silicon, or perhaps slightly oxidized forms.
Bromine is used extensively in organic chemistry as a substituting and oxidizing agent and also for the preparation of addition compounds.
These films must now surely be oxidizing trendily in canisters lost deep within a Beverly Hills vault, calmly anticipating their perky reemergence into the world of the living as backdrop fodder in hip L.
It is chiefly used as an oxidizing agent in volumetric work, being sharp in its reactions and easily detected in minute quantities.
It is separated by dissolving the hydrates in hydrochloric acid, and oxidizing with chlorine water.
Silicon is readily converted into silica by the action of oxidizing agents.
Initial blackness can also be ensured by oxidizing 21 per cent of the ferrous-sulphate without adding the extra acid necessary to the formation of a ferric salt.
There was a smell of burning, like autumn ash: that was asteroid dust, she knew, leaked into their hab environment despite all their precautions, thin fine stuff that was slowly oxidizing, burning in the air.