colligative

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adjective

Describing any property that depends only on the number of molecules present.

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Meanings

adjectivecolligative (not comparable)
  1. not comparablephysicalchemistryDescribing any property that depends only on the number of molecules present.

Origin

From Latin colligātus (“bound together”) + -ive. Coined by Wilhelm Ostwald in 1891.

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Translations

Finnish kolligatiivinen
  • kolligatiivinenproperty
French colligatif
  • colligatifproperty
Indonesian koligatif
  • koligatifproperty
Italian colligativo
  • colligativoproperty
Spanish coligativo
  • coligativoproperty
Cite this entry
APA

colligative. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colligative

MLA

“colligative.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colligative. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “colligative,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colligative.

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