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tetracoordinated

tetracoordinated adjective: having four coordinate bonds.

Adjective

tetracoordinated (not comparable)

  1. Having four coordinate bonds
    • The X-ray structures showed that the nickel (2) and copper (3) complexes are tetracoordinated, with the metal ion bound to the nitrogen atoms of the ligand.2015 September 18, “Synthesis and Characterization of Cobalt(III), Nickel(II) and Copper(II) Mononuclear Complexes with the Ligand 1,3-bis[(2-aminoethyl)amino]-2-propanol and Their Catalase-Like...

Origin of tetracoordinated

From tetra- + coordinated.

Questions about tetracoordinated

What does tetracoordinated mean?
Tetracoordinated means having four coordinate bonds.
What part of speech is tetracoordinated?
Tetracoordinated is an adjective.

Words near tetracoordinated in the dictionary

  1. tetracontakaihexagons
  2. tetracontane
  3. tetracontanes
  4. tetracontanoic acid
  5. tetracoordinate
  6. tetracoordinated
  7. tetracopeptide
  8. tetracopeptides
  9. tetracopper
  10. tetracoral
  11. tetracorals

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