Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

photohydration

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pho-to-hy-dra-tion
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any photochemical reaction leading to the addition of water across a double or triple bond or to a carbonyl group etc.

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 hydration English photohydration From photo- + hydration.

Inflected Forms

photohydrations (plural)

Questions

What does photohydration mean?: Any photochemical reaction leading to the addition of water across a double or triple bond or to a carbonyl group etc.
Where does photohydration 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 hydration English photohydration From photo- + hydration.

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