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Oxyd [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

In chimistry, a substance formed by the combination of a portion of oxygen with some base; or a substance combined with oxygen, without being in the state of an acid.

Oxydability [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The capacity of being converted into an oxyd.

Oxydable [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Capable of being converted into an oxyd.

Oxydate [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To convert into an oxyd, as metals and other substances, by combination with oxygen. It differs from acidify, to make acid, or to convert into an acid, as in oxydation the acid that enters into combination is not sufficient to form an acid.

Oxydated [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Converted into an oxyd.

Oxydating [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Converting into an oxyd.

Oxydation [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The operation or process of converting into an oxyd, as metals or other substances, by combining with them a certain portion of oxygen.

Oxydize [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To oxydate, which see.

Oxydized [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Oxydated.

Oxydizement [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Oxydation.

Oxydizing [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Oxydating. [Oxydize and its derivatives are now more generally used than oxydate, though there seems to be no ground for the preference.]