( a. )
Having a valence of eight; capable of being combined with, exchanged for, or compared with, eight atoms of hydrogen; -- said of certain atoms or radicals.
( a. )
Having a valence of eight; capable of being combined with, exchanged for, or compared with, eight atoms of hydrogen; -- said of certain atoms or radicals.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012