Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

quaternation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: qua-ter-na-tion
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The conversion of an amine into a quaternary ammonium compound.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English quaternary Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English quaternation From quaternary + -ation.

Usage

Inflected Forms

quaternations (plural)

Questions

What does quaternation mean?: The conversion of an amine into a quaternary ammonium compound.
Where does quaternation come from?: Etymology tree English quaternary Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English quaternation From quaternary + -ation.

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