Oxidation state
NUMBER THAT DESCRIBES DEGREE OF OXIDATION OF AN ATOM IN A CHEMICAL COMPOUND; THE HYPOTHETICAL CHARGE THAT AN ATOM WOULD HAVE IF ALL BONDS TO ATOMS OF DIFFERENT ELEMENTS WERE FULLY IONIC
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In chemistry, the oxidation state, or oxidation number, is the hypothetical charge of an atom if all of its bonds to different atoms were fully ionic. It describes the degree of oxidation (loss of electrons) of an atom in a chemical compound.