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kryptonate

Today it means: To infuse a solid with krypton gas (especially with radioactive krypton-85). Full definition →

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kryptonate · verb¹

From krypton + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

kryptonate · noun²

Either from krypton + -ate (forms nouns with perfect meaning, as if: "kryptonated") or a back-formation from kryptonation on the basis of the same suffix. Compare fermentate.

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