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osmious

osmious adjective: denoting those compounds of osmium in which the element has a valence relatively lower than in the osmic compounds.

Adjective

osmious (not comparable)

  1. Denoting those compounds of osmium in which the element has a valence relatively lower than in the osmic compounds.
    • osmious chloride
    • osmious oxide

Forms of osmious

alternative formosmous

Words formed from osmious

  • osmious acid

Questions about osmious

What does osmious mean?
Osmious means denoting those compounds of osmium in which the element has a valence relatively lower than in the osmic compounds.
What part of speech is osmious?
Osmious is an adjective.

Words near osmious in the dictionary

  1. osmio-
  2. osmiophil
  3. osmiophile
  4. osmiophilic
  5. osmiophilicity
  6. osmious
  7. osmiridium
  8. osmiridiums
  9. osmite
  10. osmites
  11. osmium

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