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kryptonate

kryptonate verb: to infuse a solid with krypton gas (especially with radioactive krypton-85).

Verb

kryptonate (third-person singular simple present kryptonates, present participle kryptonating, simple past and past participle kryptonated)

  1. To infuse a solid with krypton gas (especially with radioactive krypton-85).

Noun

kryptonate (plural kryptonates)

  1. The material formed by such kryptonation.

Forms of kryptonate

Verb
third-person singular presentkryptonates
present participlekryptonating
past participlekryptonated
pastkryptonated
Noun
pluralkryptonates

Origin of kryptonate

From krypton + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Either from krypton + -ate (forms nouns with perfect meaning, as if: "kryptonated") or a back-formation from kryptonation on the basis of the same suffix. Compare fermentate.

Questions about kryptonate

What does kryptonate mean?
Kryptonate means to infuse a solid with krypton gas (especially with radioactive krypton-85).
What part of speech is kryptonate?
Kryptonate can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of kryptonate?
The past tense of kryptonate is kryptonated.

Words near kryptonate in the dictionary

  1. kryptogenin
  2. kryptol
  3. krypton
  4. krypton difluoride
  5. krypton-85
  6. kryptonate
  7. kryptonated
  8. kryptonates
  9. kryptonating
  10. kryptonation
  11. kryptonide

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