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DOUBLE REPLACEMENT REACTION

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Dictionary entry overview: What does double replacement reaction mean?

• DOUBLE REPLACEMENT REACTION (noun)
The noun DOUBLE REPLACEMENT REACTION has 1 sense:

1. a chemical reaction between two compounds where the positive ion of one compound is exchanged with the positive ion of another compound

Familiarity information: DOUBLE REPLACEMENT REACTION used as a noun is very rare.

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• DOUBLE REPLACEMENT REACTION (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A chemical reaction between two compounds where the positive ion of one compound is exchanged with the positive ion of another compound

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("double replacement reaction" is a kind of...):

double decomposition; double decomposition reaction; metathesis (a chemical reaction between two compounds in which parts of each are interchanged to form two new compounds (AB+CD=AD+CB))

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