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tetracarbon

tetracarbon noun: four carbon atoms in a compound.

Noun

tetracarbon (uncountable)

  1. (in-compounds) Four carbon atoms in a compound

Origin of tetracarbon

From tetra- + carbon.

Words formed from tetracarbon

  • tetracarbon dioxide
  • tetracarbon metallocarborane
  • tetracarbon monofluoride
  • tetracarbon monoxide

Questions about tetracarbon

What does tetracarbon mean?
Tetracarbon means four carbon atoms in a compound.
What part of speech is tetracarbon?
Tetracarbon is a noun.

Words near tetracarbon in the dictionary

  1. tetracampid
  2. tetracampids
  3. tetracarbene
  4. tetracarbide
  5. tetracarbides
  6. tetracarbon
  7. tetracarbon dioxide
  8. tetracarbonate
  9. tetracarbonates
  10. tetracarbonyl
  11. tetracarbonyls

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