Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tetrasiloxane

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tetrasilox-ane
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any siloxane having four -Si-O- groups

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres Proto-Hellenic *kʷétwores Ancient Greek τέσσᾰρες (téssăres) Ancient Greek τετρᾰ- (tetră-)bor. English tetra- English siloxane English tetrasiloxane From tetra- + siloxane.

Inflected Forms

tetrasiloxanes (plural)

Derived Forms

cyclotetrasiloxane

Questions

What does tetrasiloxane mean?: Any siloxane having four -Si-O- groups
Where does tetrasiloxane come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres Proto-Hellenic *kʷétwores Ancient Greek τέσσᾰρες (téssăres) Ancient Greek τετρᾰ- (tetră-)bor. English tetra- English siloxane English tetrasiloxane From tetra- + siloxane.

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