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

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

The operation of changing into an oxide, or oxygen mixture.

The act of combining or of causing an element or compound to combine with oxygen.

Process of turning into an oxide.

The act of uniting with oxygen; also, the state of being so united.

The process of converting metals and other substances into oxides.

The deepened breathing supplies more air for the oxidation of body wastes. – Analyzing Character by Katherine M. H. Blackford and Arthur Newcomb

The colouring matter of the fibre, which has to be destroyed so that the fibre shall appear white, is best destroyed by oxidation, but the process must not be carried out too strongly, otherwise the oxidation will not be confined to the colouring matter, but will extend to the fibre itself and disintegrate it, with the result that the fibre will become tendered and be rendered useless. – The Dyeing of Woollen Fabrics by Franklin Beech

The former is but slightly weathered, while the latter is so old that it is deeply reddened by oxidation and is leached of its soluble ingredients such as lime. – The Elements of Geology by William Harmon Norton

Those whose diseased digestive organs have in a greater or less degree lost the power of bringing the food into the state best adapted for oxidation, and therefore are less able to resist the oxidising influence of the atmosphere of their native climate, obtain a great improvement in health. – Familiar Letters of Chemistry by Justus Liebig

At no time, however, is it anywhere equal to that of the hatched chicks, for the physiological function to be maintained by the unhatched chicks requires little energy and little oxidation. – The Dollar Hen by Milo M. Hastings

The meteoric diamonds would be unaffected and left on the surface to be found by explorers when oxidation had removed the last proof of their celestial origin. – Arizona Sketches by Joseph A. Munk

The natural amount of moisture in them is reduced, the air enters, oxidation takes place and the flavor becomes rancid. – The Pecan and its Culture by H. Harold Hume

133. Oxidation in the Human System. – An Introduction to Chemical Science by R.P. Williams

The process of formation has been one of oxidation of the iron minerals and leaching of most of the other constituents, leaving the iron concentrated near the surface in blanket- like deposits. – The Economic Aspect of Geology by C. K. Leith

Direct oxidation or combustion of the carbon and hydrogen contained in the food, or in the tissues themselves; the division of alimentary substances into respiratory, or non- azotized, and azotized,- these doctrines are familiar even to the classes in our high- schools. – The Complete PG Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (The Physician and Poet not the Jurist)

Drummond attributes the absence of the A vitamine in lard to the oxidation that takes place in the commercial rendering of this product. – The Vitamine Manual by Walter H. Eddy

What these people need is not more muscle and the wearing off of fat but more air and the burning of it off by increased oxidation. – Psychotherapy by James J. Walsh

Then, as you have pointed out, your limbs are longer and your chest smaller in proportion to the rest of the body; probably because, as you seem to say, your atmosphere is denser than ours, and we require ampler lungs to inhale the quantity of air necessary at each breath for the oxidation of the blood. – Across the Zodiac by Percy Greg

Peat and swamp- muck, when properly prepared, furnish carbonic acid in large quantities during their slow oxidation in the soil. – Peat and its Uses as Fertilizer and Fuel by Samuel William Johnson

These electric currents set free oxygen and ozone, which in their turn support the oxidation and neutralization of systemic poisons. – Nature Cure by Henry Lindlahr

During the process of bread making the fat undergoes slight oxidation, accompanied by changes in both physical and chemical properties. – Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value by Harry Snyder

In brief, we are to study the set of processes known as respiration, by which oxygen is supplied to the various tissues, and by which the principal waste matters, or chief products of oxidation, are removed. – A Practical Physiology by Albert F. Blaisdell

Oxidation with and without luciferase. – The Nature of Animal Light by E. Newton Harvey

The metaphor commonly used in reference to neglected pursuits is borrowed from the oxidation of metal; it is said that they become rusty. – The Intellectual Life by =Philip Gilbert Hamerton

Then, sitting alone in the ruddy glow, with a rock for a stool, and another before him for an anvil, he scraped all he could of the greenish oxidation from the cover of the tube, and tried, as before, to wrench it off. – As It Was in the Beginning by Philip Verrill Mighels