epoxidate

E1P3O1X8I1D2A1T1E1

verb

to undergo the reaction that produces an epoxide; oxidation reactions of alkenes give cyclic ethers in which both carbons of a double bond become bonded to the same oxygen atom)

Scrabble 19
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

verbepoxidate (third-person singular simple present epoxidates, present participle epoxidating, simple past and past participle epoxidated)

present singular third person epoxidates · participle present epoxidating · participle past epoxidated · past epoxidated

  1. chemistryto undergo the reaction that produces an epoxide; oxidation reactions of alkenes give cyclic ethers in which both carbons of a double bond become bonded to the same oxygen atom)

Origin

From epoxide + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

epoxidate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/epoxidate

MLA

“epoxidate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/epoxidate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “epoxidate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/epoxidate.

Source: epoxidate on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.