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hydroxyperoxide

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hy-drox-yper-ox-ide
IPA
42
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The unstable peroxide H-O-O-O-O-H

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Any derivative of hydrogen peroxide, R-O-O-H, analogous to hydroxides

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From hydroxy- + peroxide.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

hydroxyperoxides (plural)

Questions

What does hydroxyperoxide mean?
The unstable peroxide H-O-O-O-O-H
Where does hydroxyperoxide come from?
From hydroxy- + peroxide.

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