oxidable, a. Chem. Now rare.
(ˈɒksɪdəb(ə)l)
Also oxy-.
[a. F. oxidable (Lavoisier, 1789), now oxydable, f. oxider to oxidate: see -able.]
Capable of being oxidated; oxidizable.
| 1790 R. Kerr tr. Lavoisier's Elem. Chem. ii. 179 Table of compound oxydable and acidifiable bases. 1796 Pearson in Phil. Trans. LXXXVI. 435 Perhaps also the tin was added to render the copper less readily oxidable. 1866 R. M. Ferguson Electr. (1870) 122 Silver being less oxidable than copper. |