oxidative
English
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈɑk.səˌdeɪ.tɪv/
Adjective
oxidative (not comparable)
- (chemistry) Of, relating to, or produced by oxidation.
- 2013 March 1, Harold J. Morowitz, “The Smallest Cell”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 2, archived from the original on 4 January 2017, retrieved 10 May 2013, page 83:
- It is likely that the long evolutionary trajectory of Mycoplasma went from a reductive autotroph to oxidative heterotroph to a cell-wall–defective degenerate parasite. This evolutionary trajectory assumes the simplicity to complexity route of biogenesis, a point of view that is not universally accepted.
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Antonyms
- reductive
Derived terms
- antioxidative
- autooxidative
- electrooxidative
- hyperoxidative
- nonoxidative
- oxidatively
- oxidative phosphorylation
- oxidative stress
- photooxidative
- prooxidative
- superoxidative
Translations
Relating to oxidation
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German
Adjective
oxidative
- inflection of oxidativ:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular