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hydroxyl radical

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.68 in modern English

Syllables
hy-drox-yl rad-i-cal
IPA
35
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

n

the monovalent group -OH in such compounds as bases and some acids and alcohols

Synonyms

hydroxyl hydroxyl group

Questions

What does hydroxyl radical mean?
the monovalent group -OH in such compounds as bases and some acids and alcohols

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