BROMINATE

bromate, brominate

(verb) treat with bromine

bromate, brominate

(verb) react with bromine

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

brominate (third-person singular simple present brominates, present participle brominating, simple past and past participle brominated)

(chemistry, transitive) To treat or react with bromine or hydrobromic acid, to introduce bromine into a compound.

Source: Wiktionary


Bro"mi*nate, v. t.

Definition: See Bromate, v. t.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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18 May 2025

OBLIQUE

(adjective) slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled; “the oblique rays of the winter sun”; “acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles”; “the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base”


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