Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hemicyanine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hemi-cya-nine
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a class of dyes having two aromatic groups linked by an ethylene group

Example Sentences

"This study uses di-4-ANE(F)PPTEA, a hemicyanine class dye, that embeds itself in the cellular membranes of hiPS-CM and exhibits a proportional increase in fluorescence intensity as the voltage across the membrane increases."

Etymology

From hemi- + cyanine.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: hemi

Inflected Forms

hemicyanines (plural)

Questions

What does hemicyanine mean?: Any of a class of dyes having two aromatic groups linked by an ethylene group
Where does hemicyanine come from?: From hemi- + cyanine.

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