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OXIDIZE v. 4 definitions
To combine with oxygen or with more oxygen; to add oxygen to; as, to oxidize nitrous acid so as to form nitric acid.
OXIDIZEMENT n.
Oxidation. [R.]
OXIDIZER n.
rings about combination with oxygen; as, nitric acid, chlorine, bromine, etc., are strong oxidizers.
DEOXIDIZE v.
To deprive of oxygen; to reduce from the state of an oxide.
DEOXIDIZER n.
That which removes oxygen; hence, a reducing agent; as, nascent hydrogen is a deoxidizer.
INOXIDIZE v.
To prevent or hinder oxidation, rust, or decay; as, inoxidizing oils or varnishes.
PEROXIDIZE v.
To oxidize to the utmost degree, so as to form a peroxide.
PROTOXIDIZE v.
To combine with oxygen, as any elementary substance, in such proportion as to form a protoxide.
BARIUM n.
rature. It is difficult to obtain the pure metal, from the facility with which it becomes oxidized in the air. Atomic weight,
BRASILIN; BRASILEIN n.
is white when pure. It is colored intensely red by alkalies on exposure to the air, being oxidized to bra*sil"e*in, C16H12O5, to which brazilwood owes its dyeing properties.
BURN v.
ause to combine with oxygen or other active agent, with evolution of heat; to consume; to oxidize; as, a man burns a certain amount of carbon at each respiration; to burn iron in oxygen. To burn, To burn together, as two surfaces of metal (Engin.), to fuse and unite them by pouring over them a quantity of the same meta…
CALCIGENOUS a.
Tending to form, or to become, a calx or earthlike substance on being oxidized or burnt; as magnesium, calcium. etc.
CALCINE v.
To oxidize, as a metal by the action of heat; to reduce to a metallic calx.
CANKER v.
To waste away, grow rusty, or be oxidized, as a mineral. [Obs.] Silvering will sully and canker more than gliding. Bacom.
CHROMIC a.
ubstance, CrO3, regarded as the anhydride of chromic acid. It is one of the most powerful oxidizers known.
DEGRAS; DEGRAS n.
A semisolid emulsion produced by the treatment of certain skins with oxidized fish oil, which extracts their soluble albuminoids. It was formerly solely a by-product of chamois leather manufacture, but is now made for its own sake, being valuable as a dressing for hides.
DEOXIDATE v.
To deoxidize.
DEOXYGENATE v.
To deoxidize. [Obs.]
DEOXYGENIZE v.
To deoxidize.
DISOXIDATE v.
To deoxidate; to deoxidize. [R.]
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