Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

photocycloaddition

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pho-to-cy-cload-di-tion
IPA

32

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

6

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any intermolecular photochemical process leading to a ring systems by formation of two new single bonds

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- English cycloaddition English photocycloaddition From photo- + cycloaddition.

Usage

Inflected Forms

photocycloadditions (plural)

Questions

What does photocycloaddition mean?: Any intermolecular photochemical process leading to a ring systems by formation of two new single bonds
Where does photocycloaddition come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- English cycloaddition English photocycloaddition From photo- + cycloaddition.

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