Composed of two or more parts; composite; not simple; as, a complex being; a complex idea.
Used in the same subject area: Inorganic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry.Coordination compound: alternatives and connections
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Coordination compound
a compound described in terms of the central atom to which other atoms are bound or coordinated
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a compound containing an alkyl or aryl radical bonded to a metal.; "Tetracarbonyl nickel, and ferrocene are examples of organometallic…
Used in the same subject area: Inorganic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry.An elementary substance, as sodium, calcium, or copper, whose oxide or hydroxide has basic rather than acid properties, as contrasted…
Used in the same subject area: Inorganic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry.any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.
Used in the same subject area: Inorganic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry.A compound of hydrochloric acid with a base; -- distinguished from a chloride, where only chlorine unites with the base.
Used in the same subject area: Inorganic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry.All.
Used in the same subject area: Inorganic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry.The metallic base of alumina. This metal is white, but with a bluish tinge, and is remarkable for its resistance to oxidation, and for…
Used in the same subject area: Inorganic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry.See Aluminium.
Used in the same subject area: Inorganic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry.The first person singular of the verb be, in the indicative mode, present tense. See Be.
Used in the same subject area: Inorganic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry.An elementary substance, resembling a metal in its appearance and physical properties, but in its chemical relations belonging to the…
Used in the same subject area: Inorganic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry.a silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group; occurs abundantly in natural compounds (especially in salt water); bur…
Used in the same subject area: Inorganic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry.a light soft silver-white metallic element of the alkali metal group; oxidizes rapidly in air and reacts violently with water; is abun…
Used in the same subject area: Inorganic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry.To kiss.
Used in the same subject area: Inorganic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry.One of the elements, belonging to the alkaline earth group; a metal having a silver-white color, and melting at a very high temperatur…
Used in the same subject area: Inorganic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry.To exist actually, or in the world of fact; to have ex/stence.
Used in the same subject area: Inorganic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry.A metallic element found in the beryl. See Glucinum.
Used in the same subject area: Inorganic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry.One of the elements; a metal of a reddish white color, crystallizing in rhombohedrons. It is somewhat harder than lead, and rather bri…
Used in the same subject area: Inorganic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry.A comparatively rare element related to zinc, and occurring in some zinc ores. It is a white metal, both ductile and malleable. Symbol…
Used in the same subject area: Inorganic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry.Words connected by meaning
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A compound formed by the union of amidogen with an acid element or radical. It may also be regarded as ammonia in which one or more hy…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: compound, described, terms, central, atom.One of a class of strongly basic substances derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms by a basic atom or radic…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: compound, described, terms, central, atom.A portion of a curved line; as, the arc of a circle or of an ellipse.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: compound, described, terms, central, atom.A compound consisting of two atoms of chlorine with one or more atoms of another element; -- called also dichloride.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: compound, described, terms, central, atom.That branch of science which treats of the composition of substances, and of the changes which they undergo in consequence of alterati…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: compound, described, terms, central, atom.(psychology) the configuration of smaller units of information into large coordinated units
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: compound, described, terms, central, atom.A solid of the form described by the revolution of a right-angled triangle about one of the sides adjacent to the right angle; -- call…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: compound, described, terms, central, atom.a chemical bond in which one atom loses an electron to form a positive ion and the other atom gains an electron to form a negative ion
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: compound, described, terms, central, atom.a chemical bond in which one atom loses an electron to form a positive ion and the other atom gains an electron to form a negative ion
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: compound, described, terms, central, atom.The condition of being equivalent or equal; equality of worth, value, signification, or force; as, an equivalence of definitions.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: compound, described, terms, central, atom.An atom which has a valence of seven, and which can be theoretically combined with, substituted for, or replaced by, seven monad atoms…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: compound, described, terms, central, atom.a ring of atoms of more than one kind; especially a ring of carbon atoms containing at least one atom that is not carbon
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: compound, described, terms, central, atom.Explore Academic Dictionary
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