Definition of Oxidizing agent

1. Noun. A substance that oxidizes another substance.

Exact synonyms: Oxidant, Oxidiser, Oxidizer
Generic synonyms: Chemical Agent
Specialized synonyms: Hydrogen Peroxide, Peroxide
Derivative terms: Oxidise, Oxidize, Oxidise, Oxidize

Definition of Oxidizing agent

1. Noun. (chemistry) Any substance that oxidizes, or receives electrons from, another; in so doing, it becomes reduced. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Oxidizing agent

1. A reactant that accepts electrons from another reactant. The oxidizing agent is the species getting reduced. (09 Jan 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oxidizing Agent

oxidiser
oxidisers
oxidises
oxidising
oxidizable
oxidization
oxidize
oxidized
oxidized LDL cholesterol
oxidized rhizosphere
oxidizement
oxidizer
oxidizers
oxidizes
oxidizing
oxidizing agent
oxidizing agents
oxidopamine
oxidoreductase
oxidoreductases
oxidoreduction
oxids
oxidulated
oxilorphan
oxim
oximation
oxime
oximes
oximeter
oximeters

Literary usage of Oxidizing agent

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Principles of Inorganic Chemistry by Wilhelm Ostwald (1904)
"Hydrogen Dioxide a Good oxidizing agent.—On account of the ease with which hydrogen dioxide gives up oxygen it is a good oxidizing agent. ..."

2. Principles of Inorganic Chemistry by Harry Clary Jones (1903)
"Hydrogen Dioxide a Good oxidizing agent.—On account of the ease with which hydrogen dioxide gives up oxygen it is a good oxidizing agent. ..."

3. General Chemistry for Colleges by Alexander Smith (1908)
"Explanation of the Activity of Hypochlorous Acidas an oxidizing agent. — When hypochlorous acid decomposes into hydrochloric acid and oxygen, ..."

4. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Charles Robert Cross (1869)
"... the more so as at the season most likely to freeze, and especially during a snowstorm, there abounds that powerful oxidizing agent, ozone. ..."

5. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art. by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Wm Ripley Nichols, Charles R Cross (1869)
"... the more so as at the season most likely to freeze, and especially during a snowstorm, there abounds that powerful oxidizing agent, ozone. ..."

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