kryptonate
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English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From krypton + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Verb
[edit]kryptonate (third-person singular simple present kryptonates, present participle kryptonating, simple past and past participle kryptonated)
- (inorganic chemistry) To infuse a solid with krypton gas (especially with radioactive krypton-85).
Etymology 2
[edit]Either from krypton + -ate (forms nouns with perfect meaning, as if: "kryptonated") or a back-formation from kryptonation on the basis of the same suffix. Compare fermentate.
Noun
[edit]kryptonate (plural kryptonates)
- (inorganic chemistry) The material formed by such kryptonation.
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