Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

butadiene

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.24 in modern English

Syllables: bu-ta-di-ene
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An unsaturated hydrocarbon, CH₂=CH-CH=CH₂; it is obtained from petroleum and is used in the preparation of the synthetic rubber polybutadiene.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

butadienes (plural)

Derived Forms

butadienyl cyclobutadiene diphenylbutadiene hexachlorobutadiene isobutadiene

Phrases

2-methyl-1,3-butadiene acrylonitrile butadiene styrene styrene-butadiene-styrene

Questions

What does butadiene mean?: An unsaturated hydrocarbon, CH₂=CH-CH=CH₂; it is obtained from petroleum and is used in the preparation of the synthetic rubber polybutadiene.

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