Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

heteroalkene

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: het-eroalkene
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any analogue of an alkene in which a doubly bonded carbon atom is replaced by a heteroatom.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- English alkene English heteroalkene From hetero- + alkene.

Inflected Forms

heteroalkenes (plural)

Questions

What does heteroalkene mean?: Any analogue of an alkene in which a doubly bonded carbon atom is replaced by a heteroatom.
Where does heteroalkene come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- English alkene English heteroalkene From hetero- + alkene.

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