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heterometallic

heterometallic adjective: describing any compound in which one or more atoms are replaced by those of a (different) metal.

Adjective

heterometallic (comparative more heterometallic, superlative most heterometallic)

  1. Describing any compound in which one or more atoms are replaced by those of a (different) metal

Forms of heterometallic

comparativemore heterometallic
superlativemost heterometallic

Origin of heterometallic

From hetero- + metallic.

Questions about heterometallic

What does heterometallic mean?
Heterometallic means describing any compound in which one or more atoms are replaced by those of a (different) metal.
What part of speech is heterometallic?
Heterometallic is an adjective.

Words near heterometallic in the dictionary

  1. heterometabolic
  2. heterometabolism
  3. heterometal
  4. heterometallation
  5. heterometallations
  6. heterometallic
  7. heterometals
  8. heterometric
  9. heteromodal
  10. heteromolecular
  11. heteromolecule

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