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🧪 Containing hydrogen ⚛️ Like hydrogen atom
hydrogenic

hydrogenic

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Containing hydrogen or formed by adding hydrogen
  • adjective
  • /haɪˈdrɒdʒənɪk/
  • Specialized
: hidrogénico
  • In hydrogenic compounds, the presence of hydrogen influences their reactivity and properties.

Examples

  • The team studied hydrogenic reactions to produce clean energy efficiently.

  • The researchers developed a hydrogenic model to better understand how hydrogen behaves in different conditions.

  • So the difference between hydrogenic systems and non hydrogenic systems is for hydrogen there is no core, it's just a point charge.

Surface Forms

hydrogenic positive

Morphology

hydrogenic = hydrogen (transparent) = hydrogen + ic

Formed by the noun 'hydrogen' plus the productive adjective-forming suffix '-ic', so meaning is directly related to hydrogen or containing hydrogen.

Etymology

Hydrogenic comes from hydrogen, which itself is from the Greek parts hydro- 'water' and -gen 'to make'. So a hydrogenic compound is one that has hydrogen added or contains hydrogen.