Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

heneicosane

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hene-icosane
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of very many isomers of the aliphatic hydrocarbon having twenty-one carbon atoms, but especially n-heneicosane CH₃(CH₂)₁₉CH₃

Etymology

IUPAC nomenclature, from hen- (“one”) + eicosa- (“twenty”) + -ane (“alkane suffix”).

Inflected Forms

heneicosanes (plural)

Derived Forms

heneicosanoic

Questions

What does heneicosane mean?: Any of very many isomers of the aliphatic hydrocarbon having twenty-one carbon atoms, but especially n-heneicosane CH₃(CH₂)₁₉CH₃
Where does heneicosane come from?: IUPAC nomenclature, from hen- (“one”) + eicosa- (“twenty”) + -ane (“alkane suffix”).

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