redox

English

Etymology

Shortened reduction + oxidation

Noun

Wikipedia redox (uncountable)

1. (chemistry) a reversible process in which one reaction is an oxidation and the reverse is a reduction
   • 2001, Robert M. Fenner, The conscientious marine aquarist:

     Can you have too much redox? Definitely.

   • 2009, James E. Brady, Fred Senese, Chemistry: The Study of Matter and Its Changes:

     This will tell us whether redox is occurring, and if so, what is oxidized and reduced.

Translations

chemical reaction

• French: oxydoréduction (fr) f
• Italian: ossidoriduzione (it) f

• Turkish: redoks (tr)
• Welsh: rhydocs (cy)

Derived terms

• auto-redox

See also

• reducing agent
• oxidizing agent

Anagrams

• exord, EXORD
• XORed