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hexaboride

hexaboride noun: any boride that has six boron atoms per molecule, or per unit cell, e.g. LaB₆.

Noun

hexaboride (plural hexaborides)

  1. Any boride that has six boron atoms per molecule, or per unit cell, e.g. LaB₆.

Forms of hexaboride

pluralhexaborides

Origin of hexaboride

From hexa- + boride.

Questions about hexaboride

What does hexaboride mean?
Hexaboride means any boride that has six boron atoms per molecule, or per unit cell, e.g. LaB₆.
What part of speech is hexaboride?
Hexaboride is a noun.
What is the plural of hexaboride?
The plural of hexaboride is hexaborides.

Words near hexaboride in the dictionary

  1. hexabasic
  2. hexabenzobenzene
  3. hexabenzobenzenes
  4. hexabenzocoronene
  5. hexabismuth
  6. hexaboride
  7. hexaborides
  8. hexabothriid
  9. hexabothriids
  10. hexabrachion
  11. hexabranchid

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