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naphthylamine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
naph-thy-lamine
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Either of two isomeric primary amines derived from naphthalene; they occur in crude oil, and are used in the preparation of dyes and other compounds

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From naphthyl + amine.

Usage

Inflected Forms

naphthylamines (plural)

Synonyms

naphthol

Questions

What does naphthylamine mean?
Either of two isomeric primary amines derived from naphthalene; they occur in crude oil, and are used in the preparation of dyes and other compounds
Where does naphthylamine come from?
From naphthyl + amine.

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