Word Meanings - PEROXIDIZE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
To oxidize to the utmost degree, so as to form a peroxide.
Related words: (words related to PEROXIDIZE)
- OXIDIZER
An agent employed in oxidation, or which facilitates or brings about combination with oxygen; as, nitric acid, chlorine, bromine, etc., are strong oxidizers. - OXIDIZEMENT
Oxidation. - OXIDIZE
To combine with oxygen, or subject to the action of oxygen, or of an oxidizing agent. Specifically: To combine with oxygen or with more oxygen; to add oxygen to; as, to oxidize nitrous acid so as to form nitric acid. To remove hydrogen from , as - DEGREE
A certain distance or remove in the line of descent, determining the proximity of blood; one remove in the chain of relationship; as, a relation in the third or fourth degree. In the 11th century an opinion began to gain ground in Italy, that third - UTMOST
1. Situated at the farthest point or extremity; farthest out; most distant; extreme; as, the utmost limits of the land; the utmost extent of human knowledge. Spenser. We coasted within two leagues of Antibes, which is the utmost town in France. - PEROXIDE
An oxide containing more oxygen than some other oxide of the same element. Formerly peroxides were regarded as the highest oxides. Cf. Per-, 2. - INOXIDIZE
To prevent or hinder oxidation, rust, or decay; as, inoxidizing oils or varnishes. - SUPEROXIDE
See PEROXIDE - HYPEROXIDE
A compound having a relatively large percentage of oxygen; a peroxide. - PROTOXIDIZE
To combine with oxygen, as any elementary substance, in such proportion as to form a protoxide. - OUTMOST
Farthest from the middle or interior; farthest outward; outermost. - DEOXIDIZE
To deprive of oxygen; to reduce from the state of an oxide. - DEOXIDIZER
That which removes oxygen; hence, a reducing agent; as, nascent hydrogen is a deoxidizer. - PEROXIDIZE
To oxidize to the utmost degree, so as to form a peroxide.