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Reduction vs Reoxidize - What's the difference?

reduction | reoxidize |

As a noun reduction

is reduction.

As a verb reoxidize is

(chemistry) to oxidize again, or to become oxidized again, after a period of reduction.

reduction

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act, process, or result of reducing.
  • The amount or rate by which something is reduced, e.g. in price.
  • A 5% reduction in robberies
  • (chemistry) A reaction in which electrons are gained and valence is reduced; often by the removal of oxygen or the addition of hydrogen.
  • (cooking) The process of rapidly boiling a sauce to concentrate it.
  • (mathematics) The rewriting of an expression into a simpler form.
  • (computability theory) a transformation of one problem into another problem, such as mapping reduction or polynomial reduction.
  • (music) An arrangement for a far smaller number of parties, e.g. a keyboard solo based on a full opera.
  • (philosophy, phenomenology) A philosophical procedure intended to reveal the objects of consciousness as pure phenomena. (See phenomenological reduction.)
  • (medicine) A medical procedure to restore a fracture or dislocation to the correct alignment.
  • Antonyms

    * elevation * expansion * increase * promotion * (chemistry): oxidation

    Anagrams

    * introduce

    reoxidize

    English

    Alternative forms

    *reoxidise

    Verb

    (reoxidiz)
  • (chemistry) To oxidize again, or to become oxidized again, after a period of reduction
  • *{{quote-book, 2001, Vince Pitelka, Clay: A Studio Handbook citation
  • , passage=Anywhere the glaze is thin, the iron oxide molecules are exposed to this atmosphere and will reoxidize to red ferric iron oxide.}}

    Derived terms

    *reoxidization *reoxidizer