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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Relating to or containing ruthenium with a low valence.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to or derived from ruthenium: noting compounds having a lower valence than ruthenic compounds.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Chem.) Pertaining to, or containing, ruthenium; specifically, designating those compounds in which it has a lower valence as contrasted with
ruthenic compounds.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective chemistry Pertaining to, or containing,
ruthenium ; designating thosecompounds in which it has a lowervalence as contrasted withruthenic compounds.
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