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pentasil

pentasil noun: any of a family of silicate structures composed of regular three-dimensional pentagonal arrangements of atoms.

pentasil: any of a family of silicate structures composed of regular three-dimensional pentagonal...
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Noun

pentasil (plural pentasils)

  1. Any of a family of silicate structures composed of regular three-dimensional pentagonal arrangements of atoms

Forms of pentasil

pluralpentasils

Origin of pentasil

From penta- and a shortening of silicate.

Questions about pentasil

What does pentasil mean?
Pentasil means any of a family of silicate structures composed of regular three-dimensional pentagonal arrangements of atoms.
What part of speech is pentasil?
Pentasil is a noun.
What is the plural of pentasil?
The plural of pentasil is pentasils.

Words near pentasil in the dictionary

  1. pentasectible
  2. pentaselenide
  3. pentaselenides
  4. pentasepalous
  5. pentasialic
  6. pentasil
  7. pentasilabenzene
  8. pentasilicate
  9. pentasiloxane
  10. pentasiloxanes
  11. pentasils

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