Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

naphthalic acid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: naph-thal-ic acid
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several isomeric forms of an aromatic dicarboxylic acid derived from naphthalene; analogous to phthalic acid

Inflected Forms

naphthalic acids (plural)

Derived Forms

naphthalate

Questions

What does naphthalic acid mean?: Any of several isomeric forms of an aromatic dicarboxylic acid derived from naphthalene; analogous to phthalic acid

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