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protonic

protonic adjective: of, pertaining to, or composed of protons.

Adjective (1)

protonic (not comparable)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or composed of protons.

Adjective (2)

protonic (not comparable)

  1. Having a spine rigidly bent forward or inward, forming a ventral arch.
    • A. maximus is the first sauropod with caudal vertebrae presenting in situ protonic posture...2020, Luciano da Silva Vidal, et al., “Investigating the enigmatic Aeolosaurini clade: the caudal biomechanics of Aeolosaurus maximus (Aeolosaurini/Sauropoda) using the neutral pose method and the...
    Antonyms:
    opisthotonic

Antonyms of protonic

Origin of protonic

From proton + -ic.

By analogy with opisthotonic, corresponding to pro- + tonus + -ic.

Words formed from protonic

Questions about protonic

What does protonic mean?
Protonic means of, pertaining to, or composed of protons.
What part of speech is protonic?
Protonic is an adjective.

Words near protonic in the dictionary

  1. protoneuromast
  2. protoneuromasts
  3. protoneutron
  4. protoneutron star
  5. protoneutron stars
  6. protonic
  7. protonics
  8. protonitazene
  9. protonitrate
  10. protonitrates
  11. protonium

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