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redox
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
Redox is a contraction of the name for a chemical reduction–oxidation reaction . Any such reaction involves both a reduction process and a complementary oxidation process. Redox reactions include all chemical reactions in which atoms have their oxidation ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a reversible chemical reaction in which one reaction is an oxidation and the reverse is a reduction [syn: oxidation-reduction , oxidoreduction ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1928, from red(uction) + ox(idation).
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context chemistry English) a reversible process in which one reaction is an oxidation and the reverse is a reduction
Usage examples of redox.
CO before the freed hydrogen made a nuisance of itself, interfering with the redox we use in the city and on board here.
The discovery that this life form could use only gaseous oxygen, rather than nitrates, in its redox energy machinery had driven the Observer on a frantic search for another unit to which the knowledge could be transferred.
The result, since there’s never been any way to stop people from using knowledge once it’s been acquired, is that some folks, and some whole cities, have gone ahead designing and releasing pseudos able to break down water, and others to take the oxygen and react it with CO before the freed hydrogen made a nuisance of itself, interfering with the redox we use in the city and on board here.