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sodium selenite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.92 in modern English

Syllables
sodi-um se-len-ite
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A salt, Na₂SeO₃, prepared by a reaction of selenium dioxide with sodium hydroxide; it is a colorless solid, soluble in water, mainly used in the manufacture of colorless glass.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

sodium selenites (plural)

Questions

What does sodium selenite mean?
A salt, Na₂SeO₃, prepared by a reaction of selenium dioxide with sodium hydroxide; it is a colorless solid, soluble in water, mainly used in the manufacture of colorless glass.

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