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dehydrohalogenate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
de-hy-dro-halo-genate
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To remove the elements of a hydrogen halide from a substance.

Etymology

From de- + hydro- + halogen + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Inflected Forms

dehydrohalogenates (present, singular) dehydrohalogenating (participle, present) dehydrohalogenated (participle, past) dehydrohalogenated (past)

Frequently Paired Words

dehydrohalogenation

Questions

What does dehydrohalogenate mean?
To remove the elements of a hydrogen halide from a substance.
Where does dehydrohalogenate come from?
From de- + hydro- + halogen + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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