Meanings
verbprotoxidize (third-person singular simple present protoxidizes, present participle protoxidizing, simple past and past participle protoxidized)
present singular third person protoxidizes · participle present protoxidizing · participle past protoxidized · past protoxidized
- transitivechemistryTo combine (an elementary substance) with oxygen, in such proportion as to form a protoxide.
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APA
protoxidize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/protoxidize
MLA
“protoxidize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/protoxidize. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “protoxidize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/protoxidize.
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