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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A salt which corresponds to the hypothetical perruthenic acid, as potassium perruthenate (KRuO4). Sometimes written perrutheniate. Such a salt was formerly called a ruthenate.

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  • noun inorganic chemistry The oxyanion of ruthenium RuO4- or any salt containing this anion

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