VividLex

Home / Thesaurus / oxidation number

Thesaurus: oxidation number

the degree of oxidation of an atom or ion or molecule; for simple atoms or ions the oxidation number is equal to the ionic charge

Full dictionary entry Search Lens associations

Related headwords

Definitions

  1. n. the degree of oxidation of an atom or ion or molecule; for simple atoms or ions the oxidation number is equal to the ionic charge