ScienceAugust 18, 2026

quintuple

KWIN-tuh-pul

Definition

Consisting of five parts, elements, or, in a chemical context, five covalent bonds between two atoms.

Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'quintuplus', meaning 'fivefold', which is formed from 'quintus' (fifth) and '-plus' (fold).

In the news

The article uses the term to describe a rare chemical structure featuring five bonds between two chromium atoms, highlighting the scientific progress in achieving increasingly complex metal-to-metal bonding.

Uranium complex smashes record for consecutive bonds between atoms

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