Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chemical shift

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.27 in modern English

Syllables: chem-i-cal shift
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The change in the nuclear magnetic resonance frequency of a nucleus depending on its electronic environment; used in NMR spectroscopy to determine the structure of molecules.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

chemical shifts (plural)

Questions

What does chemical shift mean?: The change in the nuclear magnetic resonance frequency of a nucleus depending on its electronic environment; used in NMR spectroscopy to determine the structure of molecules.

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