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orthoxylene

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
or-thoxy-lene
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An aromatic hydrocarbon based on benzene with two methyl substituents bonded to adjacent carbon atoms in the benzene ring (the ortho configuration).

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From ortho- + xylene.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

orthoxylenes (plural) ortho-xylene (alternative)

Synonyms

o-xylene

Questions

What does orthoxylene mean?
An aromatic hydrocarbon based on benzene with two methyl substituents bonded to adjacent carbon atoms in the benzene ring (the ortho configuration).
Where does orthoxylene come from?
From ortho- + xylene.

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