Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

naphthamein

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: naph-thamein
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A product formed by the oxidation of naphthalamine (also called naphthylamine), which was observed to produce blue precipitates that later became purple but that was considered useless as a commercial dyeing agent due to its poor color quality.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Piria* observed that naphthalamine and its salts produce blue precipitates, afterwards becoming purple, when brought in contact with perchloride of iron, terchloridc of gold, nitrate of silver, and other oxidizing agents. This product of oxidation he terms naphthamein."

Etymology

From French naphtaméine. By surface analysis, naphth(a) + -am + -ein.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: naphtaméine

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does naphthamein mean?: A product formed by the oxidation of naphthalamine (also called naphthylamine), which was observed to produce blue precipitates that later became purple but that was considered useless as a commercial dyeing agent due to its poor color quality.
Where does naphthamein come from?: It is traced to French.

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