TRIATOMIC


Meaning of TRIATOMIC in English

( a. )

Having a valence of three; trivalent; sometimes, in a specific sense, having three hydroxyl groups, whether acid or basic; thus, glycerin, glyceric acid, and tartronic acid are each triatomic.

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