diarsenate
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any chemical compound containing two arsenate groups in each molecule or unit cell.
Example Sentences
- "Arsenite of silver affords a fine yellow colour. Salts which contain arsenic acid are termed arsenates. The arsenate of ammonia forms large rhombic crystals which may easily be converted into octahedral crystals of diarsenate of ammonia."
- "With an increase in the arsenic content in the system, sodium arsenate, magnesium diarsenate, and, finally, iron diarsenate are formed in that order. Hence, the investigated arsenates can be arranged in the following sequence [...]"
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Hellenic *dwi- Ancient Greek δῐ- (dĭ-)bor. Latin di-bor. English di- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰl̥h₃enyomder. Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰr̥Hanyam Proto-Iranian *jr̥Hanyam Old Median *zaranyam Old Median *kā Old Median *zaraniyakāder. Middle Persian *zarnīkbor. Classical Syriac ܙܪܢܝܟܐ (zarnīḵā)der. Arabic الزَرْنِيخ (az-zarnīḵ)bor. Byzantine Greek ἀρσενικόν (arsenikón)der. Latin arsenicumder. Middle French arsenicbor. Middle English arsenik English arsenic English -ate English arsenate English diarsenate From di- + arsenate.