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heteroatom

heteroatom noun: any atom which is not carbon or hydrogen.

Noun

heteroatom (plural heteroatoms)

  1. Any atom which is not carbon or hydrogen.
  2. Any atom in a heterocyclic ring (or other structure normally built of carbon atoms) that is not a carbon atom.

Forms of heteroatom

pluralheteroatoms

Origin of heteroatom

From hetero- + atom.

Questions about heteroatom

What does heteroatom mean?
Heteroatom means any atom which is not carbon or hydrogen.
What part of speech is heteroatom?
Heteroatom is a noun.
What is the plural of heteroatom?
The plural of heteroatom is heteroatoms.

Words near heteroatom in the dictionary

  1. heteroassociates
  2. heteroassociation
  3. heteroassociations
  4. heteroassociative
  5. heteroassociativity
  6. heteroatom
  7. heteroatomic
  8. heteroatoms
  9. heteroauxin
  10. heteroauxins
  11. heteroazeotrope

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