Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

polyethoxylate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: polyethoxy-late
IPA

32

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any polymer based on ethoxylate monomers

Example Sentences

"Photo-Fenton is effective in treating wastewater with various organic contaminants, such as dye [ 12 ], 2,4-dichlorophenol [ 13 ], and nonylphenol polyethoxylate [ 14 ]."

Etymology

From poly- + ethoxylate.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: poly

Inflected Forms

polyethoxylates (plural)

Questions

What does polyethoxylate mean?: Any polymer based on ethoxylate monomers
Where does polyethoxylate come from?: From poly- + ethoxylate.

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