Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In chem., pentavalent.
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- adjective of, or relating to a
pentad
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The second point is that an objection may be urged, as, for example, in ammonium chloride (the lecturer stated above that here N was a pentad, the addition of the chlorine having caused the N to assume the pentadic character), it may be said, why should you not suppose that it is the chlorine "which has altered its valency, and that the compound should be written:
Scientific American Supplement, No. 324, March 18, 1882 Various
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