redox

See also: rédox

English

Etymology

Shortening of reduction and oxidation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹiːdɒks/, /ˈɹɛdɒks/

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Adjective

redox (not comparable)

1. (chemistry) Of or relating to any reaction in which oxidation and reduction occur simultaneously.

Derived terms

• conjugate redox pair
• redox indicator
• redox potential
• redox reaction

Noun

redox (uncountable)

1. (rare) (chemistry) A reaction in which an oxidation and a reduction occur simultaneously; a reaction in which electrons are transferred.
   • 2001, Robert M. Fenner, The conscientious marine aquarist‎^[1]:

     Can you have too much redox? Definitely.

   • 2009, James E. Brady, Fred Senese, Chemistry: The Study of Matter and Its Changes‎^[2]:

     This will tell us whether redox is occurring, and if so, what is oxidized and reduced.

Derived terms

• auto-redox

Translations

chemical reaction

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 氧化還原 / 氧化还原 (zh) (yǎnghuàhuányuán), 氧化還原反應 / 氧化还原反应 (zh) (yǎnghuà-huányuán fǎnyìng), 氧化還原作用 / 氧化还原作用 (yǎnghuà-huányuán zuòyòng), 氧還 / 氧还 (zh) (yǎnghuán)

• Danish: redoxproces c, redoxreaktion c
• French: oxydoréduction (fr) f
• Greek: οξειδοαναγωγή (el) f (oxeidoanagogí)
• Italian: ossidoriduzione (it) f, redox (it) f
• Japanese: 酸化還元反応 (ja) (さんかかんげんはんのう, sanka-kangen hannō)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: исэлдэн-ангижрах урвал (iselden-angižrax urval)

  Mongolian: ᠢᠰᠦᠯᠳᠦᠨ
  ᠠᠩᠭᠢᠵᠢᠷᠠᠬᠤ
  ᠤᠷᠪᠠᠯ (isüldün anggiǰiraqu urbal)

• Spanish: redox, rédox
• Turkish: redoks (tr)
• Welsh: rhydocs

Verb

redox (third-person singular simple present redoxes, present participle redoxing, simple past and past participle redoxed)

1. (transitive) To subject to a redox reaction.

See also

• reducing agent
• oxidizing agent

Anagrams

• EXORD, XORed, doxer, exord

Spanish

Adjective

redox (invariable)

1. redox

Further reading

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