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heterometal

heterometal adjective: describing a complex containing two (or more) different metals.

Adjective

heterometal (not comparable)

  1. Describing a complex containing two (or more) different metals

Noun

heterometal (plural heterometals)

  1. A second metal added to a moiety to produce such a complex

Forms of heterometal

pluralheterometals

Origin of heterometal

From hetero- + metal.

Questions about heterometal

What does heterometal mean?
Heterometal means describing a complex containing two (or more) different metals.
What part of speech is heterometal?
Heterometal can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near heterometal in the dictionary

  1. heteromerizing
  2. heteromerous
  3. heteromers
  4. heterometabolic
  5. heterometabolism
  6. heterometal
  7. heterometallation
  8. heterometallations
  9. heterometallic
  10. heterometals
  11. heterometric

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