Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun oxidation_number

1 sense of oxidation number

Sense 1
oxidation number, oxidation state -- (the degree of oxidation of an atom or ion or molecule; for simple atoms or ions the oxidation number is equal to the ionic charge; "the oxidation number of hydrogen is +1 and of oxygen is -2")
       => number -- (a concept of quantity involving zero and units; "every number has a unique position in the sequence")