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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction [syn: oxidation, oxidization, oxidisation]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: French, from oxider, oxyder to oxidize, from oxide Date: 1791 1. the act or process of oxidizing 2. the state or result of being oxidized • oxidative adjective • oxidatively adverb

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Oxidation Ox`i*da"tion, n. [Cf. F. oxidation.] (Chem.) The act or process of oxidizing, or the state or result of being oxidized.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Oxidation is a process in which a chemical substance changes because of the addition of oxygen. (TECHNICAL)

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