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Any compound, of general formula SR4, containing tetravalent sulfur attached to four atoms or groups.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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History
Etymology tree Latin sulpur Latin sulfur Latin sulphur Anglo-Norman sulfrebor. Middle English sulphur English sulfur Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānusder. English -ane English sulfurane From sulfur + -ane.
