Definition of Oxidization

1. Noun. The process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction.

Exact synonyms: Oxidation, Oxidisation
Specialized synonyms: Calcination, Burning, Combustion, Nitrification, Rust, Rusting
Generic synonyms: Chemical Reaction, Reaction
Derivative terms: Oxidate, Oxidate, Oxidise, Oxidise, Oxidize, Oxidize

Definition of Oxidization

1. Noun. oxidation ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oxidization

oxide
oxides
oxidic
oxidimetry
oxidisable
oxidisation
oxidise
oxidised
oxidised cellulose
oxidised glutathione
oxidiser
oxidisers
oxidises
oxidising
oxidizable
oxidization (current term)
oxidize
oxidized
oxidized LDL cholesterol
oxidized rhizosphere
oxidizement
oxidizer
oxidizers
oxidizes
oxidizing
oxidizing agent
oxidizing agents
oxidopamine
oxidoreductase
oxidoreductases

Literary usage of Oxidization

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Steam, Its Generation and Use by Babcock & Wilcox Company (1913)
"the metal of the boiler, the oxygen of the air causing oxidization of the boiler metal and the formation of rust. The particle of rust thus formed is swept ..."

2. Tea Culture: The Experiment in South Carolina by Charles Upham Shepard (1899)
"... specially designed machinery for rolling and drying leaf in vacuo, ie, in a chamber from whicli the air has been pumped in order to prevent oxidization. ..."

3. The Absorption Spectra of Solutions of Comparatively Rare Salts Including by Harry Clary Jones, William Walker Strong (1911)
"In the case photographed the alcoholic solution had a very great ultra-violet, violet, and blue absorption after the oxidization had taken place. ..."

4. Transactions of the International Electrical Congress, St. Louis, 1904 by International Electrical Congress (1905)
"The broadening of metallic lines seems to indicate an oxidization. One can conceive of a loading of the metallic molecule by various degrees of oxidization ..."

5. Transactions of the International Electrical Congress, St. Louis, 1904 (1905)
"That an oxidization results from a discharge of electricity in glass or quartz tubes filled even with apparently dry hydrogen seems to me to be evident from ..."

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