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Definition of Oxidation-reduction
1. Noun. A reversible chemical reaction in which one reaction is an oxidation and the reverse is a reduction.
Medical Definition of Oxidation-reduction
1. A chemical reaction in which an electron is transferred from one molecule to another. The electron-donating molecule is the reducing agent or reductant; the electron-accepting molecule is the oxidizing agent or oxidant. Reducing and oxidizing agents function as conjugate reductant-oxidant pairs or redox pairs. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oxidation-reduction
Literary usage of Oxidation-reduction
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1922)
"Equations conforming to these curves differ from those commonly accepted.
oxidation-reduction potentials of certain indo- phenols and thiazine dyes: ..."
2. The Determination of Hydrogen Ions: An Elementary Treatise on the Hydrogen by William Mansfield Clark (1920)
"Even to consider it as a hydrogen electrode potential for the sake of unifying
the conception of oxidation-reduction potentials is false, for the potential ..."
3. The Electronic Conception of Valence and the Constitution of Benzene by Harry Shipley Fry (1921)
"CX + HX, HH will now be analysed so as to indicate clearly the oxidation- reduction
phases of the change: (I) The substituting reagent, molecular halogen, ..."
4. A Manual of Practical Assaying by John Mitchell, William Crookes (1888)
"Dull redness is the best suited for oxidation. Reduction.—In this operation the
jet of the blowpipe must be introduced into the body of the flame, ..."
5. The Origin and Development of the Nervous System: From a Physiological Viewpoint by Charles Manning Child (1921)
"THE EVIDENCE FROM CERTAIN oxidation-reduction REACTIONS The axial gradients have
also been demonstrated in many forms as a differential in the rate and ..."
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