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Webster 1828 Edition


Tridentate

TRIDENT'ATE

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Adj.
[L. tres and dens, tooth.] Having three teeth.

Definition 2024


tridentate

tridentate

English

Adjective

tridentate (not comparable)

  1. Having three teeth
  2. (botany) Having tooth-like projections that are themselves bidentate.
  3. (chemistry, of a ligand) Capable of attaching to a metal ion at three points

Translations


Latin

Adjective

tridentāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of tridentātus