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organometallic definition

organo·metal·lic (ôr′gə nō mə tal′ik; ôr gan′ō-)

adjective

Chem. designating or of a compound containing carbon and a metal or nonmetal, specif. one in which the metal or nonmetal atom is firmly attached to one or more carbon atoms

Etymology: organo- + metallic

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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