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isopentane

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
isopen-tane
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An aliphatic hydrocarbon with the chemical structure CH₂CH₂CH(CH₃)₂; isomeric with pentane and neopentane.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek ῐ̓́σος (ĭ́sos)lbor. English iso- English pentane English isopentane From iso- + pentane.

Usage

Inflected Forms

isopentanes (plural)

Synonyms

2-methylbutane methylbutane

Questions

What does isopentane mean?
An aliphatic hydrocarbon with the chemical structure CH₂CH₂CH(CH₃)₂; isomeric with pentane and neopentane.
Where does isopentane come from?
Etymology tree Ancient Greek ῐ̓́σος (ĭ́sos)lbor. English iso- English pentane English isopentane From iso- + pentane.

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