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prussiate

prussiate noun: a ferricyanide, ferrocyanide or cyanide.

Noun

prussiate (plural prussiates)

  1. (obsolete) A ferricyanide, ferrocyanide or cyanide.
    • The new fulminate consists of a mixture of chlorate of potash, with the prussiates, soluble or unsoluble, the hyposulphites, the hypophosphites, the phosphides, the amorphous phosphorus, alone or combined.1867, Edmund Ronalds, Thomas Richardson, Chemical Technology, page 696

Forms of prussiate

pluralprussiates

Words formed from prussiate

Questions about prussiate

What does prussiate mean?
Prussiate means a ferricyanide, ferrocyanide or cyanide.
What part of speech is prussiate?
Prussiate is a noun.
What is the plural of prussiate?
The plural of prussiate is prussiates.

Words near prussiate in the dictionary

  1. Prussianizes
  2. Prussianizing
  3. Prussianly
  4. Prussianness
  5. Prussians
  6. prussiate
  7. prussiates
  8. prussic
  9. prussic acid
  10. prusside
  11. prussides

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