Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

photodecarboxylation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pho-tode-car-boxy-la-tion
IPA

40

Scrabble Score

20

Letters

6

Syllables

15

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any photoinduced reaction that leads to the removal of a carboxyl group as carbon dioxide

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 decarboxylation English photodecarboxylation From photo- + decarboxylation.

Inflected Forms

photodecarboxylations (plural)

Questions

What does photodecarboxylation mean?: Any photoinduced reaction that leads to the removal of a carboxyl group as carbon dioxide
Where does photodecarboxylation 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 decarboxylation English photodecarboxylation From photo- + decarboxylation.

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