Usually means: Loss of electrons, gain oxygen.
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  1. oxidation: Merriam-Webster
  2. oxidation: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. oxidation: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. oxidation: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. Oxidation, oxidation: Wordnik
  7. oxidation: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. oxidation: Wiktionary
  9. oxidation: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. oxidation: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. oxidation: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. oxidation: Dictionary.com
  13. Oxidation: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Oxidation: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. oxidation: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. oxidation: Rhymezone
  17. Oxidation: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. oxidation: FreeDictionary.org
  19. oxidation: Mnemonic Dictionary
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Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Oxidation (chemistry), oxidation: Encyclopedia

Medicine (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. oxidation: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  6. oxidation: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
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Science (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. Chemistry Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Oxidation: Eric Weisstein's World of Chemistry
  3. oxidation: PHYSICAL ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
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  7. oxidation: Dictionary of Geology
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  14. OXIDATION: Power Engineering

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  The combination of a substance with oxygen.
noun:  (chemistry) A reaction in which the atoms of an element lose electrons and the oxidation state of the element increases.

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