bicyclic
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.67 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Having two rings of atoms in the molecule; the rings may be fused, as in naphthalene, or separate, as in biphenyl.
noun
A bicyclic compound.
Example Sentences
- "[…] substitution of a carboxylate would be expected to destabilize the dritterionic mesomer that contributes to the singlet valence bond description as the benzyne geometry becomes more bicyclic."
- "These geometries are almost reversed in the triplets. The 1,3-borazyne (III) shows more bicyclic character than the corresponding m-benzyne"
- "On the basis of a comparison of calculated and measured IR data, the 2 B 2 state could undoubtedly be discarded in favor of a more bicyclic geometry"
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-redup. Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos Proto-Hellenic *kʷókʷlos Proto-Hellenic *kúklos Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek κυκλῐκός (kuklĭkós)bor. Classical Latin cyclicuslbor. Middle French cyclique French cycliquebor. ▲ Classical Latin cyclicusbor. English cyclic English bicyclic From bi- + cyclic.