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ruthenic

ruthenic adjective: of or pertaining to ruthenium.

Adjective

ruthenic (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to ruthenium
    Synonyms:
    ruthenious

Proper noun capitalized: Ruthenic

Ruthenic

  1. (dated) The variety of Russian spoken in Little Russia.

Synonyms of ruthenic

Origin of ruthenic

From ruthenium + -ic.

From Ruthenia + -ic.

Words formed from ruthenic

Questions about ruthenic

What does ruthenic mean?
Ruthenic means of or pertaining to ruthenium.
What part of speech is ruthenic?
Ruthenic can be an adjective or a proper noun.

Words near ruthenic in the dictionary

  1. Ruthene
  2. Ruthenes
  3. Ruthenia
  4. ruthenian
  5. Ruthenians
  6. ruthenic
  7. ruthenic acid
  8. ruthenio-
  9. ruthenious
  10. rutheniridosmine
  11. rutheniridosmines

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