Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

volatile organic compound

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.53 in modern English

Syllables: volatile or-gan-ic -com-pound
IPA

36

Scrabble Score

23

Letters

5

Syllables

15

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any organic chemical compound that can significantly vaporize under conditions of normal atmospheric temperature and pressure.

Inflected Forms

volatile organic compounds (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

outgassing

Synonyms

VOC

Questions

What does volatile organic compound mean?: Any organic chemical compound that can significantly vaporize under conditions of normal atmospheric temperature and pressure.

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