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stannous - adj., of, pertaining to, or containing tin.
Especially, in compounds, atoms of tin with valence 2. This is one of those words that keeps tripping me up -- I expect it to be about oak trees. Pronounced STAN-ehs, coinded from Late Latin stannum, tin, in 1849.
---L.
Especially, in compounds, atoms of tin with valence 2. This is one of those words that keeps tripping me up -- I expect it to be about oak trees. Pronounced STAN-ehs, coinded from Late Latin stannum, tin, in 1849.
---L.
