kryptonate

== English == === Etymology 1 === From krypton +‎ -ate (verb-forming suffix). ==== Verb ==== kryptonate (third-person singular simple present kryptonates, present participle kryptonating, simple past and past participle kryptonated) (inorganic chemistry) To infuse a solid with krypton gas (especially with radioactive krypton-85). === Etymology 2 === Either from krypton +‎ -ate (forms nouns with perfect meaning, as if: "kryptonated") or a back-formation from kryptonation on the basis of the same suffix. Compare fermentate. ==== Noun ==== kryptonate (plural kryptonates) (inorganic chemistry) The material formed by such kryptonation. ===== Related terms =====