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tetradentate

tetradentate adjective: describing a chelating agent that has four groups that attach to a metal ion.

Adjective

tetradentate (not comparable)

  1. Describing a chelating agent that has four groups that attach to a metal ion

Origin of tetradentate

From tetra- + dentate.

Questions about tetradentate

What does tetradentate mean?
Tetradentate means describing a chelating agent that has four groups that attach to a metal ion.
What part of speech is tetradentate?
Tetradentate is an adjective.

Words near tetradentate in the dictionary

  1. tetradecyls
  2. tetradecyltrimethylammonium
  3. tetradecyne
  4. tetradelphous
  5. tetradelphy
  6. tetradentate
  7. tetradepsipeptide
  8. tetradepsipeptides
  9. tetradeuterated
  10. tetradic
  11. tetradicity

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