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bullvalene

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
bul-l-va-lene
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A tricyclic hydrocarbon whose structure is constantly changing between 1,209,600 possible tautomers

Etymology

from the nickname of one the scientists who predicted its properties in 1963 and the underlying concept of valence tautomerism, William "Bull" Doering. Chosen to rhyme with fulvalene.

Inflected Forms

bullvalenes (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

bullvalone semibullvalene barbaralane

Questions

What does bullvalene mean?
A tricyclic hydrocarbon whose structure is constantly changing between 1,209,600 possible tautomers
Where does bullvalene come from?
from the nickname of one the scientists who predicted its properties in 1963 and the underlying concept of valence tautomerism, William "Bull" Doering. Chosen to rhyme with fulvalene.

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