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tropylium

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
tropy-li-um
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The delocalized carbenium ion cycloheptatrienylium, C₇H₇⁺, derived from cycloheptatriene, or any of its derivatives.

Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English tropane Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English tropine Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Italic *-om Latin -umder. English -ium English tropylium From tropine + -yl + -ium.

Usage

Inflected Forms

tropyliums (plural)

Questions

What does tropylium mean?
The delocalized carbenium ion cycloheptatrienylium, C₇H₇⁺, derived from cycloheptatriene, or any of its derivatives.
Where does tropylium come from?
Etymology tree English tropane Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English tropine Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Italic *-om Latin -umder. English -ium English tropylium From tropine + -yl + -ium.

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