oxidable

English

Etymology

From oxide +‎ -able.

Adjective

oxidable (not comparable)

1. (chemistry) Capable of being oxidized.

   Synonym: oxidizable

   Antonyms: unoxidable, unoxidizable, inoxidizable, nonoxidizable

   Hyponym: photooxidizable

   1. Capable of being converted into an oxide.

Derived terms

• oxidability

Related terms

• antioxidizable
• inoxidizable
• nonoxidizable
• nonoxidized
• oxidation
• oxide
• oxidizability
• oxidization
• photooxidizable
• photooxidized
• semioxidized
• unoxidized

Translations

oxidizable — see oxidizable

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oɡsiˈdable/ [oɣ̞.siˈð̞a.β̞le]
• Rhymes: -able
• Syllabification: o‧xi‧da‧ble

Adjective

oxidable m or f (masculine and feminine plural oxidables)

1. oxidizable

Derived terms

• inoxidable

Further reading

• “oxidable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024