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phosphonylate

phosphonylate verb: to react (or be reacted) with a phosphonic acid.

Verb

phosphonylate (third-person singular simple present phosphonylates, present participle phosphonylating, simple past and past participle phosphonylated)

  1. To react (or be reacted) with a phosphonic acid

Forms of phosphonylate

third-person singular presentphosphonylates
present participlephosphonylating
past participlephosphonylated
pastphosphonylated

Words formed from phosphonylate

Questions about phosphonylate

What does phosphonylate mean?
Phosphonylate means to react (or be reacted) with a phosphonic acid.
What part of speech is phosphonylate?
Phosphonylate is a verb.
What is the past tense of phosphonylate?
The past tense of phosphonylate is phosphonylated.

Words near phosphonylate in the dictionary

  1. phosphonucleosides
  2. phosphonucleotide
  3. phosphonucleotides
  4. phosphonull
  5. phosphonyl
  6. phosphonylate
  7. phosphonylated
  8. phosphonylating
  9. phosphonylation
  10. phosphonylations
  11. phosphonyls

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