Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

quaternary compound

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.83 in modern English

Syllables: qua-ter-nary -com-pound
IPA

37

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

5

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A cation consisting of a central positively-charged nitrogen atom with four substituents, especially organic (alkyl and aryl) groups, discounting hydrogen atoms.

Inflected Forms

quaternary compounds (plural)

Questions

What does quaternary compound mean?: A cation consisting of a central positively-charged nitrogen atom with four substituents, especially organic (alkyl and aryl) groups, discounting hydrogen atoms.

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