Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

isobutylene

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.16 in modern English

Syllables: isobuty-lene
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

methylpropene; isobutene

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"He combined styrene with isobutylene, a volatile liquid, under pressure."

Etymology

From iso- + butylene or isobutyl + -ene?

Usage

Inflected Forms

isobutylenes (plural)

Derived Forms

hexafluoroisobutylene polyisobutylene

Questions

What does isobutylene mean?: methylpropene; isobutene
Where does isobutylene come from?: From iso- + butylene or isobutyl + -ene?

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