Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nonacontane

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
nona-con-tane
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon that has 90 carbon atoms, but especially n-nonacontane

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From nona- + -cont- + -ane.

Usage

Inflected Forms

nonacontanes (plural)

Questions

What does nonacontane mean?
Any saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon that has 90 carbon atoms, but especially n-nonacontane
Where does nonacontane come from?
From nona- + -cont- + -ane.

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