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octahydrate

octahydrate noun: a hydrate whose solid contains eight molecules of water of crystallization per molecule, or per unit cell.

Noun

octahydrate (plural octahydrates)

  1. A hydrate whose solid contains eight molecules of water of crystallization per molecule, or per unit cell.

Forms of octahydrate

pluraloctahydrates

Origin of octahydrate

From octa- + hydrate.

Questions about octahydrate

What does octahydrate mean?
Octahydrate means a hydrate whose solid contains eight molecules of water of crystallization per molecule, or per unit cell.
What part of speech is octahydrate?
Octahydrate is a noun.
What is the plural of octahydrate?
The plural of octahydrate is octahydrates.

Words near octahydrate in the dictionary

  1. octahedrons
  2. octahedrous
  3. octaheme
  4. octahemioctahedron
  5. octahistidine
  6. octahydrate
  7. octahydrates
  8. octahydride
  9. octahydrides
  10. octahydrochloride
  11. octahydrochlorides

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