noun. The combination of a substance with oxygen.

noun. A reaction in which the atoms of an element lose electrons and the valence of the element is correspondingly increased.

noun. The act or process of oxidizing, or causing a substance to combine with oxygen.

noun. The act or process of taking up or combining with oxygen. Also oxidization, oxygenation.

noun. The act or process of oxidizing, or the state or result of being oxidized.

noun. The combination of a substance with oxygen.

noun. A reaction in which the atoms of an element lose electrons and the valence of the element increases.

noun. the process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction

"Of all the electron-grabbing elements, the most important is oxygen, so much so that chemists use the term oxidation to name the general chemical activity of grabbing electrons from other atoms, even if a chlorine atom is doing the grabbing."

reduction  

oxidate  oxidative  oxide  

oxidational  

chemical reaction  reaction  

burning  calcination  combustion  nitrification  rust  

Alsatian  Americanization  Appalachian  Balkanization  Christianization  

absorption  accumulation  activation  autoxidation  combustion  

acetification  acidification  acidulation  alkalization  biodegradability