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arsenian

arsenian adjective: containing pentavalent arsenic.

Adjective

arsenian (comparative more arsenian, superlative most arsenian)

  1. Containing pentavalent arsenic.

Proper noun capitalized: Arsenian

Arsenian (plural Arsenians)

  1. A surname from Armenian.

Forms of arsenian

Adjective
comparativemore arsenian
superlativemost arsenian
Proper noun
pluralArsenians

Origin of arsenian

From arsenic + -ian.

Variant of Arsenyan.

Questions about arsenian

What does arsenian mean?
Arsenian means containing pentavalent arsenic.
What part of speech is arsenian?
Arsenian can be an adjective or a proper noun.

Words near arsenian in the dictionary

  1. Arseneaults
  2. Arseneaus
  3. arsenene
  4. arseness
  5. arsenfast
  6. arsenian
  7. Arsenians
  8. arseniases
  9. arseniasis
  10. arseniat
  11. arseniate

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