Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

persulphocyanic acid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
per-sulpho-cyan-ic acid
IPA
36
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
4
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A yellow crystalline substance, analogous to sulphocyanic acid, but containing more sulphur.

Archaic; Uncountable

Etymology

From per- (“of maximum proportion”) + sulphocyanic acid.

Usage

Inflected Forms

persulfocyanic acid (alternative)

Derived Forms

Synonyms

Questions

What does persulphocyanic acid mean?
A yellow crystalline substance, analogous to sulphocyanic acid, but containing more sulphur.
Where does persulphocyanic acid come from?
From per- (“of maximum proportion”) + sulphocyanic acid.

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