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nitrosyl

/ˈnaɪtɹəsɪl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.24 in modern English

Syllables
ni-tro-syl
IPA
/ˈnaɪtɹəsɪl/
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The univalent radical -NO (one nitrogen and one oxygen atom)

Etymology

nitrose + -yl

Inflected Forms

nitrosyls (plural)

Derived Forms

isonitrosyl nitrosylate nitrosylic nitrosylmyoglobin trinitrosyl

Phrases

nitrosyl chloride nitrosylsulfuric acid

Questions

How do you pronounce nitrosyl?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈnaɪtɹəsɪl/.
What does nitrosyl mean?
The univalent radical -NO (one nitrogen and one oxygen atom)
Where does nitrosyl come from?
nitrose + -yl

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