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tetranucleating

tetranucleating adjective: forming a complex with four nuclei, particularly used for ligands that link four metal atoms into a complex.

Adjective

tetranucleating (not comparable)

  1. Forming a complex with four nuclei, particularly used for ligands that link four metal atoms into a complex.

Origin of tetranucleating

From tetra- + nucleate + -ing.

Questions about tetranucleating

What does tetranucleating mean?
Tetranucleating means forming a complex with four nuclei, particularly used for ligands that link four metal atoms into a complex.
What part of speech is tetranucleating?
Tetranucleating is an adjective.

Words near tetranucleating in the dictionary

  1. tetrantennary
  2. tetrantimony
  3. tetranuclear
  4. tetranucleate
  5. tetranucleated
  6. tetranucleating
  7. tetranucleation
  8. tetranucleosomal
  9. tetranucleosome
  10. tetranucleosomes
  11. tetranucleotide

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