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persulphate (iou) and Moine (iou)


persulphate (iou)



persulphate noun. Also persulfate. E19.
[from PER-1 + SULPHATE.]
Chemistry. Orig., a sulphate containing a high proportion of sulphate ions (i.e. containing a metal in a high valency state). Now usu. = PEROXOSULPHATE.

Moine (iou)



Moine noun. L19.
[the Moine (Gaelic A' Mhoine), an area near Loch Eriboll in NW Scotland.]
Geology. the Moine(s), a highly folded series of metamorphic rocks in NW Scotland and western Ireland, believed to have been deposited in Precambrian times and metamorphosed later. Also Moine series.
Moinian adjective & noun (of, pertaining to, or designating) this series M20.