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carbon disulfide

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.57 in modern English

Syllables
car-bon disul-fide
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A binary compound of carbon and sulfur, CS₂, a colourless liquid with a not-unpleasant smell; used as a specialist solvent, and in the manufacture of organosulfur compounds.

Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

carbon disulphide (alternative)

Synonyms

carbon bisulfide sulphuretted carbon

Questions

What does carbon disulfide mean?
A binary compound of carbon and sulfur, CS₂, a colourless liquid with a not-unpleasant smell; used as a specialist solvent, and in the manufacture of organosulfur compounds.

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