Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

corannulene

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: coran-nu-lene
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a group of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (circulenes) containing at least one ring of five fused benzene rings and thus having a non-planar form reminiscent of a bowl that is a fragment of buckminsterfullerene; a buckybowl.

noun

The parent compound of this group

Inflected Forms

corannulenes (plural)

Questions

What does corannulene mean?: Any of a group of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (circulenes) containing at least one ring of five fused benzene rings and thus having a non-planar form reminiscent of a bowl that is a fragment of buckminsterfullerene; a buckybowl.

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