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butanedione

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
bu-tane-dione
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The simplest diketone CH₃-CO-CO-CH₃, used as an aroma agent; and derivative of this compound

Etymology

From butane + dione.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

butanediones (plural)

Phrases

popcorn lung artificial butter flavor

Frequently Paired Words

popcorn lung artificial butter flavor

Synonyms

diacetyl

Questions

What does butanedione mean?
The simplest diketone CH₃-CO-CO-CH₃, used as an aroma agent; and derivative of this compound
Where does butanedione come from?
From butane + dione.

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