Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

carborane

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: carbo-rane
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a class of organic compounds of boron, mostly having a polyhedral structure.

Inflected Forms

carboranes (plural)

Derived Forms

carboranyl metallocarborane

Synonyms

carbaborane

Questions

What does carborane mean?: Any of a class of organic compounds of boron, mostly having a polyhedral structure.

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