Meanings
- not comparablechemistryOf, relating to, or produced by oxidation.
1 more example
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.
2013 March 28, Harold J. Morowitz, “The Smallest Cell”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 2, archived from the original on 04 Jan 2017, page 83
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivetaking place in the presence of oxygen
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From oxide + -ative or oxidate + -ive.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish oksidatiivinen
- oksidatiivinenRelating to oxidation
French oxydatif
- oxydatifRelating to oxidation
Hungarian oxidatív
- oxidatívRelating to oxidation
Indonesian oksidatif
- oksidatifRelating to oxidation
Italian ossidativo
- ossidativoRelating to oxidation
Portuguese oxidativo
- oxidativoRelating to oxidation
Spanish oxidativo
- oxidativoRelating to oxidation
Turkish oksidatif
- oksidatifRelating to oxidation
Cite this entry
oxidative. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oxidative
“oxidative.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oxidative. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “oxidative,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oxidative.
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