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metallophilic

metallophilic adjective: characterized by attraction between metal ions.

Adjective

metallophilic (not comparable)

  1. Characterized by attraction between metal ions
    • A good general name might be metallophilic attraction.1994, P. Pyykkö, J. Li, N. Runeberg, Chemical Physics Letters, volume 218, page 133
    • The silver atoms are held together by the bridging alkynyls and a combination of metallophilic attractions between the silver centers and Lewis-acid-base interactions between the silver atoms and the encapsulated halide.2004, Ramon Vilar, “Anion-Directed Assembly”, in Jerry L. Atwood, Jonathan W. Steed, editors, Encyclopedia of Supramolecular Chemistry, →ISBN, page 83
  2. Tending to adsorb metal ions
    • the metallophilic cytoplasm

Origin of metallophilic

From metallo- + -philic.

Words formed from metallophilic

  • metallophilic macrophage
  • metallophilicity

Questions about metallophilic

What does metallophilic mean?
Metallophilic means characterized by attraction between metal ions.
What part of speech is metallophilic?
Metallophilic is an adjective.

Words near metallophilic in the dictionary

  1. metallopeptidases
  2. metallopeptide
  3. metallopeptides
  4. metallopharmaceutical
  5. metallopharmaceuticals
  6. metallophilic
  7. metallophillic
  8. metallophobia
  9. metallophone
  10. metallophones
  11. metallophore

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