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dimethylaniline

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
dimethy-lani-line
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The tertiary amine C₆H₅N(CH₃)₂ used in the manufacture of the explosive tetryl

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Hellenic *dwi- Ancient Greek δῐ- (dĭ-)bor. Latin di-bor. English di- German Methylbor. English methyl Sanskrit नील॑ (nī́la)der. Middle Persian 𐭭𐭩𐭫 (nīl)bor. Arabic نِيل (nīl)der. Andalusian Arabicbor. Portuguese anil German -in German Anilinbor. English aniline English dimethylaniline From di- + methyl + aniline.

Usage

Inflected Forms

dimethylanilines (plural)

Questions

What does dimethylaniline mean?
The tertiary amine C₆H₅N(CH₃)₂ used in the manufacture of the explosive tetryl
Where does dimethylaniline come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Hellenic *dwi- Ancient Greek δῐ- (dĭ-)bor. Latin di-bor. English di- German Methylbor. English methyl Sanskrit नील॑ (nī́la)der. Middle Persian 𐭭𐭩𐭫 (nīl)bor. Arabic نِيل (nīl)der. Andalusian Arabicbor. Portuguese anil German -in German Anilinbor. English aniline English dimethylaniline From di- + methyl + aniline.

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