🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

addotto

Pronunciation / Transliteration: adˈdotto

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Adduct/ˈæd.ʌkt/
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Il composto forma un addotto stabile a temperature basse."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A product of a direct addition of two or more distinct molecules, resulting in a single reaction product containing all the atoms of the component molecules.

    "The reaction between the Lewis acid and the Lewis base produced a stable crystalline adduct."
As verb
  1. 1

    To draw a body part toward the midline of the body or toward another part.

    "During the exercise, you need to adduct your arms smoothly against resistance."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'adductus', the past participle of 'adducere', meaning 'to lead to' or 'bring toward' (from 'ad-' meaning to + 'ducere' meaning to lead). Coined in modern chemical terminology as a back-formation or direct adoption to describe a product formed by the direct addition of two or more distinct molecules.

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