Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

perfluoropolyether

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: per-flu-o-ropolyether
IPA

31

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any polyether in which every carbon atom has been replaced by fluorine.

Example Sentences

"The specimens were immersed in perfluoropolyether to ensure a proton-free and susceptibility matched background and oriented with the femoral shafts approximately along B 0 ."

Etymology

From per- + fluoro- + polyether.

Inflected Forms

perfluoropolyethers (plural)

Synonyms

PFPE

Questions

What does perfluoropolyether mean?: Any polyether in which every carbon atom has been replaced by fluorine.
Where does perfluoropolyether come from?: From per- + fluoro- + polyether.

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