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homoleptic

homoleptic adjective: describing a coordination compound having a single type of ligand.

Adjective

homoleptic (not comparable)

  1. Describing a coordination compound having a single type of ligand

Origin of homoleptic

From homo- + -leptic.

Questions about homoleptic

What does homoleptic mean?
Homoleptic means describing a coordination compound having a single type of ligand.
What part of speech is homoleptic?
Homoleptic is an adjective.

Words near homoleptic in the dictionary

  1. homolactic fermentation
  2. homolanthionine
  3. homolateral
  4. homolaterally
  5. homolecithal
  6. homoleptic
  7. homolid
  8. homolids
  9. homoligand
  10. homoligands
  11. homoligation

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