3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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: (a) To combine with oxygen or with more oxygen; to add oxygen to; as, to oxidize nitrous acid so as to form nitric acid. (b) To remove hydrogen from (anything), as by the action of oxygen; as, to oxidize alcohol so as to form aldehyde. (c) To subject to the action of oxygen or of an oxidizing agent, so as to bring to a higher grade, as an -ous compound to an -ic compound; as, to oxidize mercurous chloride to mercuric chloride. [1913 Webster] Note: In certain cases to oxidize is identical with to acidify; for, in nearly all cases, the more oxygen a substance contains the more nearly does it approximate to acid qualities; thus, by oxidation many elements, as sulphur, nitrogen, carbon, chromium, manganese, etc., pass into compounds which are acid anhydrides, and thus practically in the acid state. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: oxidized \oxidized\ adj. combined with or having undergone a chemical reaction with oxygen; as, the oxidized form of iodine. Syn: oxidised. [WordNet 1.5] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: oxidized adj : combined with or having undergone a chemical reaction with oxygen; "the oxidized form of iodine" [syn: {oxidised}]
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