Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oxidative

/ˈɑk.səˌdeɪ.tɪv/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.07 in modern English

Syllables: ox-ida-tive
IPA: /ˈɑk.səˌdeɪ.tɪv/

20

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, relating to, or produced by oxidation.

Example Sentences

"It is likely that the long evolutionary trajectory of Mycoplasma went from a reductive autotroph to oxidative heterotroph to a cell-wall–defective degenerate parasite. This evolutionary trajectory assumes the simplicity to complexity route of biogenesis, a point of view that is not universally accepted."

Etymology

From oxide + -ative or oxidate + -ive.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈɑk.səˌdeɪ.tɪv/

Derived Forms

antioxidative autooxidative electrooxidative hyperoxidative inoxidative nitrooxidative nonoxidative oxidatively photooxidative preoxidative prooxidative superoxidative

Phrases

oxidative phosphorylation oxidative stress

Antonyms

reductive

Questions

How do you pronounce oxidative?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɑk.səˌdeɪ.tɪv/.
What does oxidative mean?: Of, relating to, or produced by oxidation.
Where does oxidative come from?: From oxide + -ative or oxidate + -ive.

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