Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

phenylenevinylene

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: phenyleneviny-lene
IPA

31

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The divalent radical derived from phenylene and vinylene (used especially as a polymer)

Etymology

From phenylene + vinylene.

Inflected Forms

phenylenevinylenes (plural)

Derived Forms

oligophenylenevinylene polyphenylenevinylene

Questions

What does phenylenevinylene mean?: The divalent radical derived from phenylene and vinylene (used especially as a polymer)
Where does phenylenevinylene come from?: From phenylene + vinylene.

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