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heterobinuclear

heterobinuclear adjective: describing an organometallic compound that has two different metals each surrounded by a group of ligands.

Adjective

heterobinuclear (not comparable)

  1. Describing an organometallic compound that has two different metals each surrounded by a group of ligands

Origin of heterobinuclear

From hetero- + binuclear.

Questions about heterobinuclear

What does heterobinuclear mean?
Heterobinuclear means describing an organometallic compound that has two different metals each surrounded by a group of ligands.
What part of speech is heterobinuclear?
Heterobinuclear is an adjective.

Words near heterobinuclear in the dictionary

  1. heterobicycles
  2. heterobicyclic
  3. heterobifunctional
  4. heterobifunctionality
  5. heterobimetallic
  6. heterobinuclear
  7. heterobiographies
  8. heterobiography
  9. heterobiont
  10. heterobionts
  11. heterobiotic

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