deoxidize (redirected from deoxidizing)

de·ox·i·dize  (d-ks-dz)

tr.v. de·ox·i·dized, de·ox·i·diz·ing, de·ox·i·diz·es

To remove oxygen from (a compound); reduce.

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de·oxi·di·zation (-d-zshn) n.

de·oxi·dizer n.

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deoxidize, deoxidise [diːˈɒksɪˌdaɪz]

vb

1. (Chemistry) (tr)

a.  to remove oxygen atoms from (a compound, molecule, etc.)

b.  another word for deoxygenate

2. (Chemistry) another word for reduce [12]

deoxidization , deoxidisation n

deoxidizer , deoxidiser n

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

deoxidize - to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons deoxidise, reduce chemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" benficiate - subject to a reduction process; "benficiate ores" pole - deoxidize molten metals by stirring them with a wooden pole oxidise, oxidize, oxidate - add oxygen to or combine with oxygen

Translations

deoxidize [diːˈɒksɪdaɪz] VT → desoxidar

deoxidize

vt → desoxidieren