TRIATOMIC

a.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Having three atoms; -- said of certain elements or radicals.

2.
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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