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indane

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
in-dane
IPA
7
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A bicyclic hydrocarbon consisting of a benzene ring fused to that of cyclopentane; it, and its derivatives, are found in petroleum

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English ind(igo) Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānusder. English -ane English indane From ind(igo) + -ane.

Usage

Inflected Forms

indanes (plural)

Derived Forms

indanol indanone indanyl indatraline

Questions

What does indane mean?
A bicyclic hydrocarbon consisting of a benzene ring fused to that of cyclopentane; it, and its derivatives, are found in petroleum
Where does indane come from?
Etymology tree English ind(igo) Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānusder. English -ane English indane From ind(igo) + -ane.

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