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molybdate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.52 in modern English

Syllables
molyb-date
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The anion MoO₄²⁻.

noun

Any salt of molybdic acid.

Etymology

From molybdic acid + -ate (“a derivative, a salt or ester”).

Inflected Forms

molybdates (plural)

Derived Forms

dimolybdate heptamolybdate oxythiomolybdate paramolybdate pentamolybdate phosphomolybdate tetramolybdate thiomolybdate

Frequently Paired Words

molybdenate molybdenyl metamolybdate trimolybdate

Questions

What does molybdate mean?
The anion MoO₄²⁻.
Where does molybdate come from?
From molybdic acid + -ate (“a derivative, a salt or ester”).

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