Definitions For Disproportionation

Noun

DISPROPORTIONATION. (countable and uncountable, plural DISPROPORTIONATIONs) (chemistry) A form of redox reaction in which part of a reactant is oxidized and part of it is reduced simultaneously (chemistry) A reaction wherein a single reactant generates two chemical species which are different from each other and the initial reactant.

Related terms

comproportionation dismutation

Translations

French: dismutation, f German: Disproportionierung, f Italian: disproporzionamento, m Korean: 불균등화 Spanish: dismutación, f

Etymology

Possibly from {{suf, en, disproportion, ation}}, or from {{suf, en, disproportionate, ion}}.

Is Disproportionation a Scrabble Word?

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27

The word Disproportionation is worth 23 points in Scrabble and 27 points in Words with Friends

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