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二原子 (にげんし, nigenshi) Japanese meaning: diatomic | Kotomora

二に原げん子し

Meanings

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diatomic

Scientific term used in chemistry and physics to describe molecules consisting of two atoms.

酸さん素そは二に原げん子し分ぶん子しである。
Oxygen is a diatomic molecule.

Kanji

二two, two radical (no. 7)
原meadow, original, primitive
子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM

Related words

単たん原げん子し
単原子 means 'monatomic' (single atom), while 二原子 means 'diatomic' (two atoms).
多た原げん子し
多原子 means 'polyatomic' (many atoms), contrasting with the specific two-atom meaning of 二原子.

Word family

二に原げん子し分ぶん子し
diatomic molecule

Etymology

Compound of 二 (に, 'two') and 原子 (げんし, 'atom').