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polyatomic

[ pol-ee-uh-tom-ik ]

adjective

Chemistry.
  1. pertaining to a molecule containing more than two atoms.


polyatomic

/ ËŒ±èÉ’±ôɪəˈ³ÙÉ’³¾Éª°ì /

adjective

  1. (of a molecule) containing more than two atoms
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Origin of polyatomic1

First recorded in 1855–60; poly- + atomic
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For example, electrons or polyatomic gases in a magnetic field do behave this way.

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In common with many other polyatomic open-chain alcohols, they generally possess a characteristic sweet, or mildly sweetish, taste.

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All such monosaccharides, being alcohol-aldehydes, can easily be reduced to the corresponding polyatomic alcohols, containing the same number of carbon atoms as the original monosaccharides, each with one OH group attached to it.

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All the other hexoses, whose structure is shown on pages 37 and 38, occur in plants only as constituents of the more complex saccharides, in glucoside-formations, or as the corresponding polyatomic alcohols.

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