Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dioxolane

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: diox-olane
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any heterocycle having a five-membered ring with three carbon atoms and two oxygen atoms

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Hellenic *dwi- Ancient Greek δῐ- (dĭ-)bor. Latin di-bor. English di- English oxolane English dioxolane From di- + oxolane.

Inflected Forms

dioxolanes (plural)

Derived Forms

amdoxovir dioxolanone dobupride doconazole

Questions

What does dioxolane mean?: Any heterocycle having a five-membered ring with three carbon atoms and two oxygen atoms
Where does dioxolane 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- English oxolane English dioxolane From di- + oxolane.

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