Cut apple slices turn brown due to oxidation.
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Oxidation
//ˌɑksɪˈdeɪʃ(ə)n//
Synonyms for "oxidation" (79 found)
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Related words (39)
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29 entriesShowing 16 of 29 words.
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12 entriesTranslations
62 translations across 30 languages.
Bengali
1 entries- জারণ noun (chemical reaction)
Bulgarian
2 entries- окисление noun (combination of a substance with oxygen)
- окисление noun (chemical reaction)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 氧化 noun (combination of a substance with oxygen)
- 氧化作用 noun (chemical reaction)
Czech
2 entries- oxidace noun (combination of a substance with oxygen)
- oxidace noun (chemical reaction)
Dutch
1 entries- oxidatie noun (chemical reaction)
Finnish
2 entries- hapettuminen noun (combination of a substance with oxygen)
- hapetus noun (chemical reaction)
French
2 entries- oxydation noun (combination of a substance with oxygen)
- oxydation noun (chemical reaction)
German
3 entries- Oxidation noun (combination of a substance with oxygen)
- Oxidation noun (chemical reaction)
- Oxydation noun (combination of a substance with oxygen)
Hindi
1 entries- रेडॉक्स noun (chemical reaction)
Hungarian
2 entries- oxidáció noun (chemical reaction)
- oxidálás noun (combination of a substance with oxygen)
Icelandic
1 entries- oxun noun (chemical reaction)
Indonesian
3 entries- oksidasi noun (combination of a substance with oxygen)
- oksidasi noun (chemical reaction)
- pengoksidasian noun (combination of a substance with oxygen)
Italian
1 entries- ossidazione noun (combination of a substance with oxygen)
Japanese
2 entries- 酸化 noun (combination of a substance with oxygen)
- 酸化反応 noun (chemical reaction)
Kalmyk
2 entries- исән noun (combination of a substance with oxygen)
- исән noun (chemical reaction)
Kazakh
2 entries- тотығу noun (combination of a substance with oxygen)
- тотығу noun (chemical reaction)
Korean
2 entries- 산화 noun (combination of a substance with oxygen)
- 산화 noun (chemical reaction)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- оксидирлөө noun (combination of a substance with oxygen)
- оксидирлөө noun (chemical reaction)
Malay
1 entries- pengoksidaan noun (chemical reaction)
Mongolian
4 entries- исэлдэлт noun (combination of a substance with oxygen)
- исэлдэлт noun (chemical reaction)
- исэлдэх noun (combination of a substance with oxygen)
- исэлдэх үйлчлэл noun (chemical reaction)
Māori
2 entries- ōhikitanga noun (combination of a substance with oxygen)
- ōhikitanga noun (chemical reaction)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- oksidasjon noun (chemical reaction)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- oksidasjon noun (chemical reaction)
Polish
3 entries- oksydacja noun (combination of a substance with oxygen)
- utlenianie noun (combination of a substance with oxygen)
- utlenianie noun (chemical reaction)
Portuguese
2 entries- oxidação noun (combination of a substance with oxygen)
- oxidação noun (chemical reaction)
Russian
4 entries- окисле́ние noun (combination of a substance with oxygen)
- окисле́ние noun (chemical reaction)
- оксида́ция noun (combination of a substance with oxygen)
- оксида́ция noun (chemical reaction)
Spanish
1 entries- oxidación noun (combination of a substance with oxygen)
Swedish
2 entries- oxidation noun (combination of a substance with oxygen)
- oxidation noun (chemical reaction)
Tagalog
2 entries- oksidasyon noun (combination of a substance with oxygen)
- oksidasyon noun (chemical reaction)
Turkish
2 entries- oksitlenme noun (chemical reaction)
- paslanma noun (combination of a substance with oxygen)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Oxidation of fatty acids leads to a decrease in the use of glucose on the periphery.
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Researchers from five North American universities have collaborated on a study that found the process in fully oxidizing the atmosphere didn’t happen suddenly, but instead took place in scattered bursts over an approximately 100-million-year period in what has become known as the Great Oxidation Event.
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Green tea undergoes minimal oxidation, preserving its natural green color.
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