Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A substance that oxidizes another substance; an oxidizing agent.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An oxidizing agent; a substance which yields up oxygen readily to other bodies.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun an
oxidizing agent
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a substance that oxidizes another substance
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Antioxidants are molecules which can safely interact with free radicals and terminate the chain reaction before vital molecules are damaged, and green tea has EGCG as an anti-oxidant which is found to be 100 times more effective than vitamin C, 25 times more effective than Vitamin E and twice as powerful as its peers!
Archive 2007-10-01 2007
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Antioxidants are molecules which can safely interact with free radicals and terminate the chain reaction before vital molecules are damaged, and green tea has EGCG as an anti-oxidant which is found to be 100 times more effective than vitamin C, 25 times more effective than Vitamin E and twice as powerful as its peers!
Green Tea and Health - A perspective study of the truths and the myths 2007
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The "oxidant" in the word "antioxidant" isn't just anything having to do with oxygen, "oxidant" is referring to a chemical reaction called oxidation.
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Lorac Natural Performance Foundation provides medium coverage, along with anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant ingredients to keep irritation at bay. $36 at Sephora.
Pandora Young: Beat Winter Skin Blahs With Moisturizing Makeup Pandora Young 2011
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Methylene blue in high doses is itself an oxidant.
Phenazopyridine 2010
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Modern research on the subject, of which there is a growing amount, tends to look at spices 'anti-oxidant, nutritional, disinfectant or anti-microbial effects.
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Meanwhile, Arnie take my advice, lots of anti-oxidant vegetables, long walks and naps.
The Productivity Story, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Lorac Natural Performance Foundation provides medium coverage, along with anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant ingredients to keep irritation at bay. $36 at Sephora.
Pandora Young: Beat Winter Skin Blahs With Moisturizing Makeup Pandora Young 2011
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In further to lithium-ion batteries, there is a battery dungeon is promising fuel, that is a approach to exist in a fuel as well as oxidant chemical appetite without delay in to physical phenomenon plant.
Archive 2009-12-01 admin 2009
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In further to lithium-ion batteries, there is a battery dungeon is promising fuel, that is a approach to exist in a fuel as well as oxidant chemical appetite without delay in to physical phenomenon plant.
A brief 200 years history of the battery at Digital battery admin 2009
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