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silylate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sily-late
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To add one or more silyl groups to a molecule.

Etymology

From silyl + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Inflected Forms

silylates (present, singular) silylating (participle, present) silylated (participle, past) silylated (past)

Derived Forms

desilylate

Frequently Paired Words

silylation

Questions

What does silylate mean?
To add one or more silyl groups to a molecule.
Where does silylate come from?
From silyl + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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