olation

plural olations

1. uncountableusuallychemistryThe process by which metal ions form polymeric oxides in aqueous solution.

   The well-known fundamental feature of olation, namely that only cis isomers olate and trans isomers do not, is explained, for the first time, by the proposed mechanism and is correlated with the structure of the reagents and products.

   1987, Michael Ardon, Avi Bino, Kirsten Michelsen, “Olation and Structure”, in The Journal of Physical Chemistry, volume 109, Washington, D.C.: ACS Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1986