polyatomic

Consisting of three or more atoms.

Adjective

  1. Consisting of three or more atoms.

Origin

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English atomic English polyatomic From poly- + atomic.

Forms

more polyatomic most polyatomic

Related

monatomic diatomic

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