suprafacial en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Proto-Italic *superos Proto-Italic *superād Old Latin suprād Latin suprā Latin supra-lbor. English supra- Latin faciēs Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Medieval Latin faciālisbor. English facial English suprafacial From supra- + facial.
Meanings
- (not-comparable) Of a chemical reaction, involving two simultaneous changes in bonding to the same face of a common centre (or related centres) of a molecular fragment.