[1875–80; poly- + nuclear]This word is first recorded in the period 1875–80. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: authoritarian, graph, hat trick, musical chairs, weekenderpoly- is a combining form with the meanings “much, many” and, in chemistry, “polymeric,”used in the formation of compound words. Other words that use the affix poly- include: polyandrous, polyculture, polyethylene
Examples of 'polynuclear' in a sentence
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Polynuclear metal-organic coordination complexes are often inaccessible by traditional synthetic chemistry methods.
Cornelius Krull, Marina Castelli, Prokop Hapala, Dhaneesh Kumar, Anton Tadich, MartinaCapsoni, Mark T. Edmonds, Jack Hellerstedt, Sarah A. Burke, Pavel Jelinek, AgustinSchiffrin 2018, 'Iron-based trinuclear metal-organic nanostructures on a surface with local chargeaccumulation', Nature Communicationshttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s41467-018-05543-4. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In smears one can find polynuclear giant cells of chronic inflammation.
Gavrylenko Iu. , Layko A., Volgina I. 2016, 'Cytological study of tonsils functional state in children with type 1 diabetes andchronic tonsillitis', Sovremennaâ Pediatriâhttps://med-expert.com.ua/en/cytological-study-of-tonsils-functional-state-in-children-with-type-1-diabetes-and-chronic-tonsilliis/. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
A third product was found to be polynuclear and to contain both titanium and vanadium.
Nunes Giovana G., Reis Dayane M., Camargo Pedro H. C., Hitchcock Peter B., HörnerManfredo, Matos Robson M., Mangrich Antonio S., Sá Eduardo L. de, Leigh G. Jeffery,Soares Jaísa F. 2003, 'New titanium(IV) and vanadium(IV) haloalkoxides: synthetic route and structural characterisation',Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Societyhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-50532003000600009. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
No evidence of polynuclear species was found.
Adriano Cesar Pimenta, Valdir Roberto Balbo, Marcelo Firmino Oliveira, Fernando GrineMartins, Leandro Maranghetti Lourenço, José Fernando de Andrade 2017, 'Potentiometric Study of Azide Complexes of Iron(III) in Water/THF Medium', Orbital: The Electronic Journal of Chemistryhttp://www.orbital.ufms.br/index.php/Chemistry/article/view/970. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Photophysical properties of binuclear and polynuclear complexes based on these extended ligands are then reported.
Ludovic Troian-Gautier, Cécile Moucheron 2014, 'RutheniumII Complexes bearing Fused Polycyclic Ligands: From Fundamental Aspects toPotential Applications', Moleculeshttp://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/19/4/5028. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The phosphonium salt and its derivatives from the condensed polynuclear arens were studied.
A. V. Gumenna, D. V. Rotar, S. Ye. Dejneka, N. D. Yakovychuk, О. О. Blinder 2017, 'Detailed studying of the spectrum of antimicrobial activity of several new condensedpolynuclear arens', Zaporožskij Medicinskij Žurnalhttp://zmj.zsmu.edu.ua/article/view/100939/97181. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Polynuclear and mast cells were associated with saliva deposits.
Valerie Choumet, Tarik Attout, Loïc Chartier, Huot Khun, Jean Sautereau, Annie Robbe-Vincent,Paul Brey, Michel Huerre, Odile Bain 2012, 'Visualizing non infectious and infectious Anopheles gambiae blood feedings in naiveand saliva-immunized mice.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3521732?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
These polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons can be considered as graphene nanoflakes.
Suryoday Prodhan, Sumit Mazumdar, S. Ramasesha 2019, 'Correlated Electronic Properties of a Graphene Nanoflake: Coronene', Moleculeshttps://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/24/4/730. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)