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kekulene

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
keku-lene
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A circulene composed of twelve fused benzene rings, as a hollow hexagon ring, 3 benzene rings to a side.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Kekule + -ene. Named after August Kekulé, the discoverer of the structure of benzene.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

kekulenes (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

coronene circumcoronene

Synonyms

circulene 12-circulene [12]circulene

Questions

What does kekulene mean?
A circulene composed of twelve fused benzene rings, as a hollow hexagon ring, 3 benzene rings to a side.
Where does kekulene come from?
From Kekule + -ene. Named after August Kekulé, the discoverer of the structure of benzene.

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