Perissad

[pә'risæd;]

Definition

(a.) Odd; not even; -- said of elementary substances and of radicals whose valence is not divisible by two without a remainder. Contrasted with artiad.

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Definition

n. (chem.) an atom whose valency is represented by an odd number—opp. to Artiad—also adj.

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