English Explanatory Dictionary

scorpionate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Being tridentate, so as to bind to a metal in a fac manner (or facial; said of an isomer when three of its ligands, when identical, occupy one face of an octahedron).
noun
  1. A ligand having a tridentate form.

Word forms

scorpionate scorpionates

Etymology

From scorpion + -ate (adjective-forming suffix), from the pincer-like nature of the binding.

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