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reductively

reductively

8.5
In a chemical way that adds electrons or removes oxygen from a substance
  • adverb
  • /rɪˈdʌktɪvli/
  • Specialized
: de manera reductiva
  • During the experiment, the metal ions were reductively transformed by the addition of electrons.

Examples

  • This reaction proceeds reductively when hydrogen gas is present.

  • Chemists often approach reactions reductively to enhance yields.

  • The metal ions were reductively transformed during the experiment.

  • Scientists studied how the compound changed reductively under different laboratory conditions.

  • The experiment was conducted reductively to observe the changes in the compound.

  • This chemical reaction proceeds reductively when hydrogen gas is introduced to the system.

  • Researchers found that the compound changed reductively under various conditions in the laboratory.

Surface Forms

reductively positive

Morphology

reductively = reductive (transparent) = reduce + ive + ly

Formation is regular (reduce -> reductive -> reductively) and the chemical meaning follows directly from 'reduce' in chemistry.

Etymology

Reductively comes from the common word reduce, built from re- 'back' and ducere 'to lead', so it originally means 'make smaller' or 'lead back'. In chemistry, to 'reduce' means to remove oxygen or add tiny charged particles called 'electrons', so reductively describes doing that chemical change.