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caprolactone

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.01 in modern English

Syllables
capro-lac-tone
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A cyclic ester with the chemical formula C₆H₁₀O₂

Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

caprolactones (plural)

Derived Forms

polycaprolactone

Questions

What does caprolactone mean?
A cyclic ester with the chemical formula C₆H₁₀O₂

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