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Permanganate Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ate

Permanganate has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a dark purple salt of permanganic acid; in water solution it is used as a disinfectant and antiseptic

2

any salt of permanganic acid: they are purple crystalline solids, mostly soluble in water, and are strong oxidizing agents

See Also
oxidizing agent salt permanganic acid solid manganate potassium permanganate manganese purple
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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
salt
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
potassium permanganate
Rhyming Words
ate bate late gate kate date wate cate rate nate oate sate tate jate hate mate fate yate agate skate
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