dielemental

dielemental

English

Etymology

From di- (“two”) +‎ elemental.

Adjective

dielemental (not comparable)

1. Synonym of bielemental (“having two different elements, in various senses”).
   • 1961, Annual Summary Research Report of Chemistry, Engineering, Metallurgy, Physics and Reactor Divisions, Ames Laboratory, page 35:

     Previously, similar dielemental ion species of Cr had been observed corresponding to Cr₂O₄F₄⁺, Cr₂O₄Cl₃⁺, Cr₂O₄F₂Cl⁺ and Cr₂O₄FCl₂⁺.

   • 1977, Jack Golson, The Ladder of Social Evolution, Sydney University Press for the Australian Academy of the Humanities, →ISBN, page 8:

     Braidwood describes their practitioners as living 'in a completely dielemental catch-as-catch-can state, as small predatory bands of food-collectors'.

   • 1983, Modification of Polymers, Plenum Press, →ISBN, page 211:

     The uranyl ion, UO₂⁺², is one of the most stable dielemental moieties known.