Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sesquichloride

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sesquichlo-ride
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any chloride containing three chlorine atoms for every two atoms of another element.

Example Sentences

"I had read of some remedies that were injected into the gland to leatherize the tissue and check the over-active circulation of the gland, so I tried injecting sesquichloride of iron in a few cases."

Etymology

From sesqui- (“one and a half, a ratio of three to two”) + chloride.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: sesqui

Inflected Forms

sesquichlorides (plural)

Questions

What does sesquichloride mean?: Any chloride containing three chlorine atoms for every two atoms of another element.
Where does sesquichloride come from?: From sesqui- (“one and a half, a ratio of three to two”) + chloride.

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