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dihydroxyl

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
di-hy-drox-yl
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A pair of hydroxyl groups in a molecule

Etymology

From di- + hydroxyl.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

dihydroxyls (plural)

Questions

What does dihydroxyl mean?
A pair of hydroxyl groups in a molecule
Where does dihydroxyl come from?
From di- + hydroxyl.

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