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monochlorinate

monochlorinate verb: to introduce a single chlorine atom into (a molecule).

Verb

monochlorinate (third-person singular simple present monochlorinates, present participle monochlorinating, simple past and past participle monochlorinated)

  1. (transitive) To introduce a single chlorine atom into (a molecule)

Forms of monochlorinate

third-person singular presentmonochlorinates
present participlemonochlorinating
past participlemonochlorinated
pastmonochlorinated

Origin of monochlorinate

From mono- + chlorinate.

Questions about monochlorinate

What does monochlorinate mean?
Monochlorinate means to introduce a single chlorine atom into (a molecule).
What part of speech is monochlorinate?
Monochlorinate is a verb.
What is the past tense of monochlorinate?
The past tense of monochlorinate is monochlorinated.

Words near monochlorinate in the dictionary

  1. monochloramines
  2. monochlorid
  3. monochloride
  4. monochlorides
  5. monochlorids
  6. monochlorinate
  7. monochlorinated
  8. monochlorinates
  9. monochlorinating
  10. monochlorination
  11. monochlorinations

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