of or containing ruthenium, esp in a high valency state
ruthenic in American English
(ruˈθɛnɪk; ruˈθinɪk)
adjective
designating or of chemical compounds containing ruthenium with a higher valence than in the corresponding ruthenious compounds
ruthenic in American English
(ruːˈθenɪk, -ˈθinɪk)
adjective
Chemistry
containing ruthenium in a higher valence state than the corresponding ruthenious compound
Word origin
[1840–50; ruthen(ium) + -ic]This word is first recorded in the period 1840–50. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: creationism, layout, pylon, sensationalism, striation-ic is a suffix forming adjectives from other parts of speech, occurring originally inGreek and Latin loanwords (metallic; poetic; archaic; public) and, on this model, used as an adjective-forming suffix with the particular senses“having some characteristics of” (opposed to the simple attributive use of the basenoun) (balletic; sophomoric); “in the style of” (Byronic; Miltonic); “pertaining to a family of peoples or languages” (Finnic; Semitic; Turkic)