əs adjective
1.
Chemistry. of or containing gold in the univalent state.
2.
of or containing gold.
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| —adj | |
| of or containing gold, esp in the monovalent state | |
| [C19: apparently from French aureux, from Late Latin aurōsus gold-coloured, from Latin aurum gold] | |
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Aurous
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| the quantity of product formed by the interaction of two or more substances, generally expressed as a percentage |
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