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octabasic

octabasic adjective: containing eight replaceable hydrogen atoms.

Adjective

octabasic (not comparable)

  1. containing eight replaceable hydrogen atoms
  2. having eight atoms of a univalent metal

Origin of octabasic

From octa- + basic.

Words that rhyme with octabasic

Questions about octabasic

What does octabasic mean?
Octabasic means containing eight replaceable hydrogen atoms.
What part of speech is octabasic?
Octabasic is an adjective.

Words near octabasic in the dictionary

  1. octaacetates
  2. octaatomic
  3. octaazacubane
  4. octaazacubanes
  5. octaazamacrocycle
  6. octabasic
  7. octabenzone
  8. octabin
  9. octabromide
  10. octabromides
  11. octabromo

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