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metaselective

metaselective adjective: regioselective of the meta- position in a benzene ring.

Adjective

metaselective (not comparable)

  1. regioselective of the meta- position in a benzene ring

Origin of metaselective

From meta- + selective.

Questions about metaselective

What does metaselective mean?
Metaselective means regioselective of the meta- position in a benzene ring.
What part of speech is metaselective?
Metaselective is an adjective.

Words near metaselective in the dictionary

  1. metasediment
  2. metasedimentaclastic
  3. metasedimentaries
  4. metasedimentary
  5. metasediments
  6. metaselective
  7. metasemantic
  8. metasemantically
  9. metasemantics
  10. metasemiotic
  11. metasequence

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