bis-

See also: bis, Bis, biş, biś, and bís

English

Prefix

bis-

1. An occasional variant of bi- prefixed to roots beginning with a vowel, as in bisalternate
2. (chemistry, obsolete) A variant of tri- used to indicate that the component that does not take the prefix occurs twice in the compound: a bisoxide is of the form B₂O
3. (mathematics, chemistry) A variant of di-, used for substitutions of two complex rather than simple units.

   Bis (η⁶-arene) metal complexes have been made for many transition metals by the Al/AlCl₃ reduction method.

See also

• tris-
• tetrakis-

Anagrams

• BSI, IBS, IBs, sib

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Italian

Prefix

bis-

1. bis-
2. great-

Derived terms

► Italian words prefixed with bis-

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Spanish

Alternative forms

• biz-

Prefix

bis-

1. bis-
2. great-

Derived terms

► Spanish words prefixed with bis-