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hydrazine

/ˈhaɪdɹəˌziːn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.25 in modern English

Syllables
hy-drazine
IPA
/ˈhaɪdɹəˌziːn/
25
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A corrosive, fuming liquid, NH₂-NH₂, used as a rocket fuel.

Uncountable

noun

Any member of the class of organic compounds formally derived from NH₂-NH₂ by replacing one of the hydrogen atoms.

Countable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Borrowed from German Hydrazin, coined by Emile Fischer in 1875 as a derivative from Diazin, an obsolete name for diimide, of which hydrazine is a hydrogenated analog. By surface analysis, hydr- + azo (“nitrogen”) + -ine.

Usage

Inflected Forms

hydrazines (plural)

Derived Forms

arylhydrazine benzoylhydrazine dimethylhydrazine hydrazination hydrazinium hydrazinolysis isonicotinoylhydrazine methylhydrazine monomethylhydrazine nonhydrazine phenelzine phenylhydrazine

Synonyms

diamidogen

Questions

How do you pronounce hydrazine?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhaɪdɹəˌziːn/.
What does hydrazine mean?
A corrosive, fuming liquid, NH₂-NH₂, used as a rocket fuel.
Where does hydrazine come from?
Borrowed from German Hydrazin, coined by Emile Fischer in 1875 as a derivative from Diazin, an obsolete name for diimide, of which hydrazine is a hydrogenated analog. By surface analysis, hydr- + azo (“nitrogen”) + -ine.

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