AUTOXIDATION

Etymology

Noun

autoxidation (usually uncountable, plural autoxidations)

(chemistry) A spontaneous oxidation reaction that results in the slow, flameless combustion of a material.

Synonyms

• autooxidation

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

10 January 2025

INTERSPERSION

(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”


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Coffee Trivia

Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.

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