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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

bis- en · X

Meanings

  1. (morpheme) An occasional variant of bi- prefixed to roots beginning with a vowel, as in bisalternate
  2. (morpheme, obsolete) A variant of di- used to indicate that the component that does not take the prefix occurs twice in the compound: a bisoxide is of the form B₂O (cf. dioxide for XO₂)
  3. (morpheme) A variant of di-, used for substitutions of two complex rather than simple units.
    • Bis (η⁶-arene) metal complexes have been made for many transition metals by the Al/AlCl₃ reduction method.

Relateds

tris- · tetrakis-