Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

polyalternating

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: polyal-ter-nat-ing
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Describing a copolymer in which two monomers alternate in position

Example Sentences

"Alginates with polyalternating sequences (poly-MG) have also been shown to form ionotropic hydrogels [2, 10, 11 ], however, these are much weaker than those made from alginates with a high content of G-blocks."

Etymology

From poly- + alternating.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: poly

Questions

What does polyalternating mean?: Describing a copolymer in which two monomers alternate in position
Where does polyalternating come from?: From poly- + alternating.

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