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bi·den·tate

 (bī-dĕn′tāt′)
adj.
Having two teeth or toothlike parts.
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bidentate

(baɪˈdɛnˌteɪt)
adj
1. (Anatomy) having two teeth or toothlike parts or processes
2. (Chemistry) chem (of a ligand) having two atoms from which electrons can be donated to the central coordinated atom
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bi•den•tate

(baɪˈdɛn teɪt)

adj.
having two teeth or toothlike parts.
[1750–60; < Latin bident-, s. of bidēns (bi- bi-1 + dēns tooth) + -ate 1]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.bidentate - having toothlike projections that are themselves toothed
rough - of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped
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Synthesis, Characterization, Antimicrobial Activity and Theoretical Studies of New Polymeric Schiff-base
Pronotum broader than meso and metanotum, mesonotum slightly raised metanotum transversally striated and bidentate. Petiole slightly longer in length than width having reticulate striation.
FIRST RECORDS OF TWO SPECIES OF GENUS MESSOR FOREL, 1890 (FORMICIDAE: MYRMICINAE) ALONG WITH TROPHIC ASSOCIATIONS WITH APHIDS FROM POTHWAR REGION OF PAKISTAN
So enaminone ligand acts as a bidentate ligand by bonding through Nitrogen and oxygen (Jeragh and Abdel-Zaher, 2015).
Cytotoxicity and Molecular Docking Studies of a Novel Enaminone and its Cadmium (II) Complex
nigroclavatus clypeus, anterior view, showing bidentate apex (arrow).
Claves taxonomicas para las especies de avispas eusociales de Costa Rica (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistinae)
Neuropodia with neuroseta bidentate and bidentate with one extra tooth (Fig.
New record of Aphrogenia alba Kinberg, 1856 from Brazilian waters: a rare Aphroditidae species
Head: Antennae with sensory elements beginning on antennomere 3; antennomere 3 is 2.3 times longer than antennomere 2; antennae extending to metacoxae; mandibles with apices bidentate. Labrum convex; area between antennal fossa and eye without carinae or pits.
Cardiophorus carinatus (Coleoptera: Elateridae), an unusual new species from the Lake Wales Ridge (Florida, USA) and rediscovery of Cardiophorus robustus LeConte, 1853
The magnitude of separation and the bands direction show that carboxylate group of mefenamic ligand coordinated in bidentate chelate mode [26].
Synthesis, Spectroscopic, and Thermal Investigations of Metal Complexes with Mefenamic Acid
Each [edta.sup.4-] ion consists of carboxylate groups adopting monodentate mode coordination to the antimony ion and bidentate bridging over one erbium ion and two different antimony ions.
Synthesis, Structural Characterization, and Antibacterial Activity of Novel Erbium(III) Complex Containing Antimony
All the sticky additives in this work are bifunctional and can therefore form bidentate hydrogen bonds with matrix PEO chains (Fig.
Molecular motifs for additives that retard PEO crystallization
Etymology.--Named with reference to the bidentate male cerci.
Review of the genus Lunidia Hemp (Orthoptera: Phaneropteridae) and the description of a new species from the Uluguru Mountains of Tanzania, East Africa
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