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bisdentate

bisdentate is the alternative form 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.

Origin of bisdentate

From bis- + dentate.

Questions about bisdentate

What is bisdentate the alternative form of?
Bisdentate is the alternative form of bidentate.

Words near bisdentate in the dictionary

  1. biscuitware
  2. biscuity
  3. biscutate
  4. biscy
  5. bisdemethoxycurcumin
  6. bisdentate
  7. bisdesmosidic
  8. bisdigitoxoside
  9. bisdigitoxosides
  10. bisdioxopiperazine
  11. bisdioxopiperazines

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bisdentate (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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