Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

solvate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.28 in modern English

Syllables: sol-vate
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A complex formed by the attachment of solvent molecules to that of a solute

verb

To form such a complex upon solution

Inflected Forms

solvates (plural) solvates (present, singular) solvating (participle, present) solvated (participle, past) solvated (past)

Derived Forms

desolvate disolvate hemisolvate hexasolvate resolvate solvatization

Questions

What does solvate mean?: A complex formed by the attachment of solvent molecules to that of a solute

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