deoxidise
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1. to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons (verb.change)
| hypernym | : | change, |
| definition | : | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature (verb.change) |
| hyponym | : | benficiate, |
| definition | : | subject to a reduction process (verb.change) |
| hyponym | : | pole, |
| definition | : | deoxidize molten metals by stirring them with a wooden pole (verb.change) |
| domain category | : | chemical science, chemistry, |
| definition | : | the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions (noun.cognition) |
| derivation | : | reducing, reduction, |
| definition | : | any process in which electrons are added to an atom or ion (as by removing oxygen or adding hydrogen); always occurs accompanied by oxidation of the reducing agent (noun.process) |
| derivation | : | reducer, reducing agent, reductant, |
| definition | : | a substance capable of bringing about the reduction of another substance as it itself is oxidized; used in photography to lessen the density of a negative or print by oxidizing some of the loose silver (noun.substance) |
| derivation | : | reducing, reduction, |
| definition | : | any process in which electrons are added to an atom or ion (as by removing oxygen or adding hydrogen); always occurs accompanied by oxidation of the reducing agent (noun.process) |
| derivation | : | reducer, reducing agent, reductant, |
| definition | : | a substance capable of bringing about the reduction of another substance as it itself is oxidized; used in photography to lessen the density of a negative or print by oxidizing some of the loose silver (noun.substance) |
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