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helium hydride

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.47 in modern English

Syllables
he-li-um hy-dride
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Ellipsis of helium hydride cation, the unstable binary cation HeH⁺ present in interstellar space; it is the strongest acid, reactive with every chemical species except positive ions, including electrons.

Uncountable

Usage

Synonyms

HeH+ hydridohelium(1+) hydridohelium hydridohelium ion hydridohelium cation helium hydride cation helium hydride ion hydrogen heliumide hydrogen heliumide ion hydrogen heliumide cation hydrogen helide hydrogen helide ion

Questions

What does helium hydride mean?
Ellipsis of helium hydride cation, the unstable binary cation HeH⁺ present in interstellar space; it is the strongest acid, reactive with every chemical species except positive ions, including electrons.

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