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bi-dentate

bi-dentate is the alternative spelling of bidentate.

Meaning of bidentate

Adjective

bidentate (not comparable)

  1. Having only two teeth.
  2. Having tooth-like projections that are themselves dentate.
  3. (physical) Of a ligand, forming two separate chemical bonds to a coordinating metal ion.

Forms of bi-dentate

comparativemore bi-dentate
superlativemost bi-dentate

Questions about bi-dentate

What is bi-dentate the alternative spelling of?
Bi-dentate is the alternative spelling of bidentate.

Words near bi-dentate in the dictionary

  1. bi-crenate
  2. bi-curiosity
  3. bi-curious
  4. bi-cycle
  5. bi-cycles
  6. bi-dentate
  7. bi-di
  8. bi-directional
  9. bi-directionalities
  10. bi-directionality
  11. bi-dyke

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bi-dentate (page history and authors); bidentate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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