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durene

/djˈuɹin/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
durene
IPA
/djˈuɹin/
7
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

1,2,4,5-tetramethylbenzene, an aromatic hydrocarbon used as a solvent and in the manufacture of pyromellitic acid.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Latin durus (“hard”) (because solid at ordinary temperatures) + -ene.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

durenes (plural)

Derived Forms

duroquinol duroquinone durylic

Questions

How do you pronounce durene?
The recorded pronunciation is /djˈuɹin/.
What does durene mean?
1,2,4,5-tetramethylbenzene, an aromatic hydrocarbon used as a solvent and in the manufacture of pyromellitic acid.
Where does durene come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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