Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

multi-carbon

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.24 in modern English

Syllables
mul-ti---car-bon
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
6
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Describing any compound (or ring within a compound) containing more than one carbon atom

Etymology

From multi- + carbon.

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does multi-carbon mean?
Describing any compound (or ring within a compound) containing more than one carbon atom
Where does multi-carbon come from?
From multi- + carbon.

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