oxygenizement
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
oxygenizement (uncountable)
- (archaic) oxidation
- 1805, William Lewis, The Edinburgh New Dispensatory:
- The oxygenizement of metals by water is promoted by the action of air.
- 1829, Andre Duncan, Supplement to the Edinburgh New Dispensatory:
- The violent effervescence probably arises from a disengagement of nitric oxide, and it would appear that the rapid oxygenizement did not harden the oily substances so much as a slower change
References edit
- “oxygenizement”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.