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Relating to or being an atom or element other than the predominating or significant one (as carbon) especially in a ring of a molecule or compound.

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Usage examples (29)
  • All of these things happen now in hetero marriages.
  • He thanked Affleck (who he referred to as his hetero lifemate) and assured him that.
  • When a hypnotist hypnotizes his subject, it is known as hetero-hypnosis.
  • I think the ban should continue only because marriage has historically been defined as a hetero function.
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