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olations

olations is the plural of olation.

Meaning of olation

Noun

olation (usually uncountable, plural olations)

  1. (usually) The process by which metal ions form polymeric oxides in aqueous solution.
    • The well-known fundamental feature of olation, namely that only cis isomers olate and trans isomers do not, is explained, for the first time, by the proposed mechanism and is correlated with the structure of the reagents and products.1987, Michael Ardon, Avi Bino, Kirsten Michelsen, “Olation and Structure”, in The Journal of Physical Chemistry, volume 109, Washington, D.C.: ACS Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1986

Questions about olations

What is olations the plural of?
Olations is the plural of olation.

Words near olations in the dictionary

  1. olated
  2. olates
  3. Olathe
  4. olating
  5. olation
  6. olations
  7. Olavarría
  8. Olave
  9. Olaves
  10. Olavsen
  11. olay

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