Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

trichlorinated

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: trichlo-ri-nat-ed
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

chlorinated with three atoms of chlorine

Example Sentences

"Rather, in the case of barbamide, the biosynthesis proceeds through an initial dichlorination step catalyzed by the BarB2 halogenase protein, followed by a monochlorination step catalyzed by the BarB1 halogenase protein to yield the final trichlorinated product."

Etymology

From tri- + chlorinated.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: tri

Questions

What does trichlorinated mean?: chlorinated with three atoms of chlorine
Where does trichlorinated come from?: From tri- + chlorinated.

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