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triprotic

triprotic adjective: tending to donate three hydrogen ions (H⁺) in solution.

Adjective

triprotic (not comparable)

  1. Tending to donate three hydrogen ions (H⁺) in solution.

Origin of triprotic

From tri- + protic.

Questions about triprotic

What does triprotic mean?
Triprotic means tending to donate three hydrogen ions (H⁺) in solution.
What part of speech is triprotic?
Triprotic is an adjective.

Words near triprotic in the dictionary

  1. tripropeptin
  2. tripropeptins
  3. tripropylamine
  4. tripropylamines
  5. tripropyllead
  6. triprotic
  7. triprotium
  8. triproton
  9. triprotons
  10. trips
  11. trips balls

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