English Explanatory Dictionary

pentakis-

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prefix
  1. A variant of penta-, used for multiplication with a second numerical prefix.
  2. A variant of penta-, used for substitutions of five complex rather than simple units: pentakis(phenylthio)pyridine, or to distinguish five simple substituents from a single polymer of five units

Word forms

pentakis-

Related words

bis- tris- tetrakis- hexakis-
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