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amphiprotic

amphiprotic adjective: able to both donate and accept a proton, and thus able to react both as an acid and a base; amphoteric.

Adjective

amphiprotic (comparative more amphiprotic, superlative most amphiprotic)

  1. Able to both donate and accept a proton, and thus able to react both as an acid and a base; amphoteric.

amphiprotic meaning in Bengali

amphiprotic in Bengali

উভধর্মী

Forms of amphiprotic

comparativemore amphiprotic
superlativemost amphiprotic

Origin of amphiprotic

From amphi- + proton + -ic.

Words formed from amphiprotic

Questions about amphiprotic

What does amphiprotic mean?
Amphiprotic means able to both donate and accept a proton, and thus able to react both as an acid and a base; amphoteric.
What is amphiprotic in Bengali?
Amphiprotic in Bengali is উভধর্মী. See Amphiprotic meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is amphiprotic?
Amphiprotic is an adjective.

Words near amphiprotic in the dictionary

  1. amphiporid
  2. amphiporids
  3. amphiprostylar
  4. amphiprostyle
  5. amphiprostyles
  6. amphiprotic
  7. amphiproticity
  8. amphipsocid
  9. amphipsocids
  10. amphiptere
  11. amphipteres

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