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Webster 1913 Edition


Multidentate

Mulˊti-den′tate

,
Adj.
[
Multi-
+
dentate
.]
Having many teeth, or toothlike processes.

Definition 2024


multidentate

multidentate

English

Adjective

multidentate (comparative more multidentate, superlative most multidentate)

  1. (biology) Having many teeth
  2. (chemistry) (of a ligand) Having multiple points at which it is attached to a central atom

Derived terms

  • multidentate ligand

Latin

Adjective

multidentāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of multidentātus