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polychalcogenide

polychalcogenide noun: any compound of general formula REₙR having a chain of more than two chalcogen atoms.

Noun

polychalcogenide (plural polychalcogenides)

  1. Any compound of general formula REₙR having a chain of more than two chalcogen atoms.

Forms of polychalcogenide

pluralpolychalcogenides

Origin of polychalcogenide

From poly- + chalcogenide.

Questions about polychalcogenide

What does polychalcogenide mean?
Polychalcogenide means any compound of general formula REₙR having a chain of more than two chalcogen atoms.
What part of speech is polychalcogenide?
Polychalcogenide is a noun.
What is the plural of polychalcogenide?
The plural of polychalcogenide is polychalcogenides.

Words near polychalcogenide in the dictionary

  1. polychaetes
  2. polychaetologist
  3. polychaetologists
  4. polychaetotic
  5. polychaetous
  6. polychalcogenide
  7. polychalcogenides
  8. polychelating
  9. polychelid
  10. polychelids
  11. polychemotherapeutic

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