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CUPROUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cuprous mean?
• CUPROUS (adjective)
The adjective CUPROUS has 1 sense:
1. of or containing divalent copper
Familiarity information: CUPROUS used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or containing divalent copper
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
cupric; cuprous
Pertainym:
copper (a ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element; occurs in various minerals but is the only metal that occurs abundantly in large masses; used as an electrical and thermal conductor)
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