noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A tricyclic heterocycle consisting of three linked pyridine rings; it is a tridentate ligand uncountable
2. 2
   Any substituted derivative of this compound countable

Etymology

From ter- + pyridine.

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