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agostic

agostic adjective: describing a structure in which a hydrogen atom is bonded to both a carbon (or silicon) atom and a metal atom in a three-center, two-electron interaction.

Adjective

agostic

  1. Describing a structure in which a hydrogen atom is bonded to both a carbon (or silicon) atom and a metal atom in a three-center, two-electron interaction.

Origin of agostic

From the supposed Ancient Greek ἀγοστέω (agostéō, “to clasp, hold”) + -ic.

Words formed from agostic

Questions about agostic

What does agostic mean?
Agostic means describing a structure in which a hydrogen atom is bonded to both a carbon (or silicon) atom and a metal atom in a three-center, two-electron interaction.
What part of speech is agostic?
Agostic is an adjective.

Words near agostic in the dictionary

  1. agorists
  2. agorot
  3. agoroth
  4. Agosta
  5. Agostas
  6. agostic
  7. Agostinelli
  8. Agostinellis
  9. Agostini
  10. Agostinis
  11. Agosto

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