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captodative

captodative adjective: affected by both a captor (electron-withdrawing) and a dative (electron-releasing) substituent.

Adjective

captodative (comparative more captodative, superlative most captodative)

  1. Affected by both a captor (electron-withdrawing) and a dative (electron-releasing) substituent

Forms of captodative

comparativemore captodative
superlativemost captodative

Questions about captodative

What does captodative mean?
Captodative means affected by both a captor (electron-withdrawing) and a dative (electron-releasing) substituent.
What part of speech is captodative?
Captodative is an adjective.

Words near captodative in the dictionary

  1. captively
  2. captives
  3. captiving
  4. captivities
  5. captivity
  6. captodative
  7. captodiame
  8. captological
  9. captology
  10. captopril
  11. captoprils

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