selenate

 [sel-uh-neyt]  

sel·e·nate

   [sel-uh-neyt]
noun Chemistry.
a salt or ester of selenic acid.
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Origin:
1810–20; selen(ic acid) + -ate2
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Selenate is always a great word to know.
So is aromatic. Does it mean:
any of the electronegative elements, fluorine, chlorine, iodine, bromine, and astatine, that form binary salts by direct union with metals
pertaining to an aromatic compound, which contains one or more benzene or equivalent heterocyclic rings: many such compounds have an agreeable odor
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selenate (ˈsɛlɪˌneɪt)
 
—n
any salt or ester formed by replacing one or both of the hydrogens of selenic acid with metal ions or organic groups
 
[C19: from selenium + -ate1]

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