Meanings
nountetrathiomolybdate (plural tetrathiomolybdates)
plural tetrathiomolybdates
- chemistryThe thiometallate anion MoS₄; any salt containing this anion
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷetwóres
- Proto-Hellenic*kʷétwores
- Ancient Greekτέσσᾰρες (téssăres)
- Ancient Greekτετρᾰ- (tetră-)
- Englishtetra-
- Englishthiomolybdate
- Englishtetrathiomolybdate
From tetra- + thiomolybdate.
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