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e for causing a current of air to impinge on the flame of the Argand lamp; -- called also oxygenator.

A binary compound of oxygen with an atom or radical, or a compound which is regarded as binary; as, iron oxide, ethyl oxide, nitrogen oxide, etc.

To combine with oxygen, or subject to the action of oxygen, or of an oxidizing agent. Specifically:

An agent employed in oxidation, or which facilitates or brings about combination with oxygen; as, nitric acid, chlorine, bromine, etc., are strong oxidizers.

Pertaining to, or designating, certain compounds of iodine and oxygen.

A compound containing oxygen.

An acid containing oxygen, as chloric acid or sulphuric acid; - - contrasted with the hydracids, which contain no oxygen, as hydrochloric acid. See Acid, and Hydroxy-.

Pertaining to, or designating, certain compounds of oxygen and bromine.

Of or pertaining to oxygen and calcium; as, the oxycalcium light. See Drummond light.

Of, pertaining to, or designating in general, certain compounds containing oxygen and chlorine.

A ternary compound of oxygen and chlorine; as, plumbic oxychloride.

Of or pertaining to a mixture of oxygen and hydrogen; as, oxyhydrogen gas. Oxyhydrogen blowpipe. (Chem.) See Blowpipe. -- Oxyhydrogen microscope, a form of microscope arranged so as to use the light produced by burning lime or limestone under a current of oxyhydrogen gas.

Pertaining to, or consisting of, oxygen and muriatic acid, that is, hydrochloric acid. [Archaic.] Oxymuriatic acid, chlorine, formerly so called on the supposition that it was a compound of oxygen and muriatic acid. [Obs.]

A ternary compound of oxygen and sulphur.

To convert into ozone, as oxygen.

A nonoxygenous ptomaine, formed in the putrefaction of albuminous matters, especially of horseflesh and mackerel.

An oxide containing five atoms of oxygen in each molecule; as, phosphorus pentoxide, P2O5.

Pertaining to, or designating, the highest oxygen acid, HBrO4, of bromine.

Pertaining to, or designating, the highest oxygen acid (HClO4), of chlorine; -- called also hyperchloric.

Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, the highest oxygen acid (HIO