molybdenum disulfide

noun

a black, crystalline inorganic polymer of empirical formula MoS₂ that occurs as the mineral molybdenite and is used as a lubricant having a structure analogous to graphite

Meanings

nounmolybdenum disulfide (uncountable)
  1. uncountablechemistrya black, crystalline inorganic polymer of empirical formula MoS₂ that occurs as the mineral molybdenite and is used as a lubricant having a structure analogous to graphite
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