disproportionation
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Possibly from disproportion + -ation, or from disproportionate + -ion.
Noun[edit]
disproportionation (countable and uncountable, plural disproportionations)
- (chemistry) A form of redox reaction in which part of a reactant is oxidized and part of it is reduced simultaneously
- (chemistry) A reaction wherein a single reactant generates two chemical species which are different from each other and the initial reactant.
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Translations[edit]
a form of redox reaction wherein the reactant is both oxidized and reduced
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