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dioxygen

/daɪˈɒksɪdʒən/

dioxygen noun: diatomic oxygen: the normal allotrope of oxygen, having two atoms per molecule.

Noun

dioxygen (uncountable)

  1. Diatomic oxygen: the normal allotrope of oxygen, having two atoms per molecule.
    • Meronym: oxygen (strict sense)
    Synonyms:
    oxygen
  2. (in-compounds) Two atoms of oxygen in a molecule.

Synonyms of dioxygen

Origin of dioxygen

From di- + oxygen.

Words formed from dioxygen

Words that rhyme with dioxygen

Questions about dioxygen

What does dioxygen mean?
Dioxygen means diatomic oxygen: the normal allotrope of oxygen, having two atoms per molecule.
What part of speech is dioxygen?
Dioxygen is a noun.
How do you pronounce dioxygen?
Dioxygen is pronounced /daɪˈɒksɪdʒən/.

Words near dioxygen in the dictionary

  1. dioxychlorination
  2. dioxycycline
  3. dioxydanidyl
  4. dioxydiamidoarsenobenzol
  5. dioxydithiomolybdate
  6. dioxygen
  7. dioxygen difluoride
  8. dioxygen hexafluoroplatinate
  9. dioxygenase
  10. dioxygenases
  11. dioxygenation

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