oxygens
- 1Plural of oxygen.
Each carbonate ion contains three oxygens arranged around a central carbon atom.
The reaction links two oxygens to form a stable double bond.
Note
A counting form for a word usually used as a mass noun. The plural is clearest when oxygen means a single atom of the element, so a molecule or ion can be described as holding two or three oxygens. For the gas, the breathing mixture or the figurative 'condition to thrive', speakers normally say oxygen, so the plural is most at home describing atoms within a structure.
oxygens is a form of oxygen
oxygen, noun: Molecular oxygen (O₂), a colorless, odorless gas at room temperature made of two bonded oxygen atoms; also called dioxygen. Full entry
- Forms
- oxygenoxygens plural
- Spelling
- oxygen → oxygens: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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