Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

methacrylate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.16 in modern English

Syllables: methacry-late
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any salt or ester of methacrylic acid, especially an ester used in the manufacture of resins and plastics.

noun

A resin manufactured from methacrylic acid or a methacrylate.

Etymology

Etymology tree English meth- English acrylic English methacrylic English -ate English methacrylate From methacrylic + -ate (“salt or ester”).

Inflected Forms

methacrylates (plural)

Derived Forms

dimethacrylate glycolmethacrylate monomethacrylate polymethylmethacrylate

Phrases

hydroxyethyl methacrylate methyl methacrylate polymethyl methacrylate

Questions

What does methacrylate mean?: Any salt or ester of methacrylic acid, especially an ester used in the manufacture of resins and plastics.
Where does methacrylate come from?: Etymology tree English meth- English acrylic English methacrylic English -ate English methacrylate From methacrylic + -ate (“salt or ester”).

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