Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

zerovalent

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ze-rova-lent
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a valency of zero

Etymology

From zero + -valent.

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does zerovalent mean?
Having a valency of zero
Where does zerovalent come from?
From zero + -valent.

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