Meanings
nounhexafluoroplatinate (plural hexafluoroplatinates)
plural hexafluoroplatinates
- chemistryThe univalent anion PtF₆⁻ prepared by reacting platinum hexafluoride with certain metals or other elements.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*swéḱs
- Proto-Hellenic*hwéks
- Ancient Greekἕξ (héx)
- Ancient Greekἑξα- (hexa-)
- Latinhexa-
- Englishhexa-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰel-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰlewH-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰluH-yé-ti?
- Latinfluō
- Latinfluor
- Englishfluoro-
- Englishplatinate
- Englishhexafluoroplatinate
From hexa- + fluoro- + platinate.
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