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benzophenone

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.51 in modern English

Syllables
ben-zophe-none
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a class of aromatic ketones based on the parent compound diphenylketone (C₆H₅)₂CO; used, amongst other things, as ingredients in sunblock.

Countable

noun

The compound diphenylmethanone.

Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

benzophenones (plural)

Derived Forms

baishouwubenzophenone thiobenzophenone

Questions

What does benzophenone mean?
Any of a class of aromatic ketones based on the parent compound diphenylketone (C₆H₅)₂CO; used, amongst other things, as ingredients in sunblock.

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