Meanings
plural diarsenates
- chemistryAny chemical compound containing two arsenate groups in each molecule or unit cell.
With an increase in the arsenic content in the system, sodium arsenate, magnesium diarsenate, and, finally, iron diarsenate are formed in that order. Hence, the investigated arsenates can be arranged in the following sequence [...]
1994, Russian Journal of Inorganic Chemistry1 more example
Arsenite of silver affords a fine yellow colour. Salts which contain arsenic acid are termed arsenates. The arsenate of ammonia forms large rhombic crystals which may easily be converted into octahedral crystals of diarsenate of ammonia.
1884, National cyclopaedia, The national encyclopædia. Libr. ed, page 460
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
- Proto-Hellenic*dwi-
- Ancient Greekδῐ- (dĭ-)
- Latindi-
- Englishdi-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰelh₃-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰl̥h₃enyom
- Proto-Indo-Iranian*ȷ́ʰr̥Hanyam
- Proto-Iranian*jr̥Hanyam
- Old Median*zaranyam
- Old Median*kā
- Old Median*zaraniyakā
- Middle Persian*zarnīk
- Classical Syriacܙܪܢܝܟܐ (zarnīḵā)
- Arabicالزَرْنِيخ (az-zarnīḵ)
- Medieval Greekἀρσενικόν (arsenikón)
- Latinarsenicum
- Middle Frencharsenic
- Middle Englisharsenik
- Englisharsenic
- Englisharsenate
- Englishdiarsenate
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