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Lyrate vs Lyate - What's the difference?

lyrate | lyate |

As an adjective lyrate

is shaped like a lyre.

As a noun lyate is

any anion formed by removal of a hydron (proton) from a solvent molecule.

lyrate

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Shaped like a lyre.
  • *1969 , Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor , Penguin 2011, p. 205:
  • *:The passage of time could only enhance his tenderness for the creature he clasped, this adored creature, whose motion was now more supple, whose haunches had grown more lyrate , whose hair-ribbon he had undone.
  • (botany, of leaves) Having a large terminal lobe and smaller rounded lobes toward its base.

    • Anagrams

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    lyate

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chemistry) Any anion formed by removal of a hydron (proton) from a solvent molecule

    • See also

    * (l)