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mesolytic

mesolytic adjective: describing the cleavage of a radical ion in such a way as to generate both a radical and an ion.

Adjective

mesolytic (comparative more mesolytic, superlative most mesolytic)

  1. Describing the cleavage of a radical ion in such a way as to generate both a radical and an ion

Forms of mesolytic

comparativemore mesolytic
superlativemost mesolytic

Origin of mesolytic

From meso- + -lytic.

Questions about mesolytic

What does mesolytic mean?
Mesolytic means describing the cleavage of a radical ion in such a way as to generate both a radical and an ion.
What part of speech is mesolytic?
Mesolytic is an adjective.

Words near mesolytic in the dictionary

  1. mesolophids
  2. mesolophs
  3. mesolophular
  4. mesolophule
  5. mesolophules
  6. mesolytic
  7. mesomammal
  8. mesomammals
  9. mesomechanics
  10. mesomedial
  11. mesomediterranean

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