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kosmotropic

kosmotropic adjective: describing ions (normally small, with a high charge density) that stabilize intermolecular interactions in water, especially by stabilizing hydrogen bonds.

Adjective

kosmotropic (comparative more kosmotropic, superlative most kosmotropic)

  1. Describing ions (normally small, with a high charge density) that stabilize intermolecular interactions in water, especially by stabilizing hydrogen bonds

Antonyms of kosmotropic

Forms of kosmotropic

comparativemore kosmotropic
superlativemost kosmotropic

Origin of kosmotropic

From Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos, “order”) + -tropic.

Questions about kosmotropic

What does kosmotropic mean?
Kosmotropic means describing ions (normally small, with a high charge density) that stabilize intermolecular interactions in water, especially by stabilizing hydrogen bonds.
What part of speech is kosmotropic?
Kosmotropic is an adjective.

Words near kosmotropic in the dictionary

  1. kosmokrators
  2. kosmos
  3. kosmoses
  4. kosmotrope
  5. kosmotropes
  6. kosmotropic
  7. kosmotropicity
  8. kosmotropy
  9. kosnarite
  10. Koso
  11. kosong

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