of or containing rhodium, esp in the tetravalent state
rhodic in American English
(ˈroʊdɪk)
adjective
of or containing rhodium, esp. tetravalent rhodium
rhodic in American English
(ˈroudɪk)
adjective
Chemistry
of or containing rhodium, esp. in the tetravalent state
Word origin
[1835–45; rhod(ium) + -ic]This word is first recorded in the period 1835–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: catch-up, faceplate, hybridize, placement, serial-ic is a suffix forming adjectives from other parts of speech, occurring originally inGreek and Latin loanwords (metallic; poetic; archaic; public) and, on this model, used as an adjective-forming suffix with the particular senses“having some characteristics of” (opposed to the simple attributive use of the basenoun) (balletic; sophomoric); “in the style of” (Byronic; Miltonic); “pertaining to a family of peoples or languages” (Finnic; Semitic; Turkic)