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selenate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
se-le-nate
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any salt or ester of selenic acid.

verb

To react with a compound of selenium.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From selenic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).

Inflected Forms

selenates (plural) selenates (present, singular) selenating (participle, present) selenated (participle, past) selenated (past)

Derived Forms

boroselenate hydrogenselenate hydroselenate selenatian selenation

Questions

What does selenate mean?
Any salt or ester of selenic acid.
Where does selenate come from?
From selenic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).

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