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Webster 1913 Edition


Bidentate

Bi-den′tate

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Adj.
(Bot. & Zool.)
Having two teeth or two toothlike processes; two-toothed.

Definition 2024


bidentate

bidentate

See also: bi-dentate

English

Adjective

bidentate (comparative more bidentate, superlative most bidentate)

  1. (botany) Having tooth-like projections that are themselves dentate.
  2. (chemistry) Of a ligand, forming two separate chemical bonds to a coordinating metal ion.

Alternative forms


French

Adjective

bidentate m, f (plural bidentates)

  1. (chemistry) bidentate

Latin

Adjective

bidentāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of bidentātus