selenate Hear it!

selenate Definition

sel·enate (sel′ə nāt′)

noun

  1. a salt of selenic acid containing the divalent, negative radical SeO
  2. an uncharged ester of this acid

Etymology: Swed selenat < selen, selenic + -at, -ate

selenate Usage Examples

Noun used with modifier

sodium: Its selenium product will contain sodium selenate rather than the banned selenium yeast.