Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hexamethylene

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.20 in modern English

Syllables: hex-am-ethy-lene
IPA

31

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The divalent radical obtained by removing a hydrogen atom from each end of a n-hexane molecule

Inflected Forms

hexamethylenes (plural)

Derived Forms

hexamethylenediamine hexamethylenetetramine

Phrases

hexamethylene diamine hexamethylene tetramine hexamethylene triperoxide diamine

Questions

What does hexamethylene mean?: The divalent radical obtained by removing a hydrogen atom from each end of a n-hexane molecule

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