Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

carbon number

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.51 in modern English

Syllables: car-bon num-ber
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The number of carbon atoms in each molecule of a compound.

Example Sentences

"The properties of hydrocarbons can be correlated with the carbon number."

Inflected Forms

carbon numbers (plural)

Questions

What does carbon number mean?: The number of carbon atoms in each molecule of a compound.

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