Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

naphthylvinylpyridine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
naph-thylvinylpyri-dine
IPA
44
Scrabble Score
21
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several isomeric naphthylvinyl derivatives of pyridine, but especially 4-[(E)-2-naphthalen-1-ylethenyl]pyridine which has anticholinergic activity similar to that of atropine

Etymology

From naphthyl + vinyl + pyridine.

Inflected Forms

Questions

What does naphthylvinylpyridine mean?
Any of several isomeric naphthylvinyl derivatives of pyridine, but especially 4-[(E)-2-naphthalen-1-ylethenyl]pyridine which has anticholinergic activity similar to that of atropine
Where does naphthylvinylpyridine come from?
From naphthyl + vinyl + pyridine.

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