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quaternium

noun

/kwəˈtɜː.ni.əm/UK/kwəˈtɝ.ni.əm/US

Etymology

Blend of quaternary + ammonium. From quaternary ammonium.

borrowed from ammōnium
compounded as quaternium — “quaternary + ammonium”

Definitions

A quaternary ammonium functional group
A quaternary ammonium cation
A quaternary ammonium compound

The neighborhood

synonymquat
neighborquaternary ammonium
neighborquaternary
neighborammonium
neighborqac

Derived

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for quaternium. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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