Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

polyacrylonitrile

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.17 in modern English

Syllables: poly-acry-loni-trile
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any polymer or copolymer of acrylonitrile; they are mostly resins that are used to make fibers for fabrics

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English acrylonitrile English polyacrylonitrile From poly- + acrylonitrile.

Inflected Forms

polyacrylonitriles (plural)

Questions

What does polyacrylonitrile mean?: Any polymer or copolymer of acrylonitrile; they are mostly resins that are used to make fibers for fabrics
Where does polyacrylonitrile come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English acrylonitrile English polyacrylonitrile From poly- + acrylonitrile.

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