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dichlorophosphate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
dichlorophos-phate
IPA
33
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
2
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The compound, functional group or anion derived from phosphate with two oxygen atoms substituted by two chlorine atoms and one sulfur atom: PO₂Cl₂⁻ or -OPOCl₂

Etymology

di- + chloro- + phosphate

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

dichlorophosphates (plural)

Questions

What does dichlorophosphate mean?
The compound, functional group or anion derived from phosphate with two oxygen atoms substituted by two chlorine atoms and one sulfur atom: PO₂Cl₂⁻ or -OPOCl₂
Where does dichlorophosphate come from?
di- + chloro- + phosphate

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