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norbornane

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
nor-bor-nane
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A bicyclic saturated hydrocarbon, bicyclo[2.2.1]heptane, related to norbornene and norbornadiene

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin norma Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin nōrmālisder. English normal English nor- English bornane English norbornane From nor- + bornane.

Usage

Inflected Forms

norbornanes (plural)

Questions

What does norbornane mean?
A bicyclic saturated hydrocarbon, bicyclo[2.2.1]heptane, related to norbornene and norbornadiene
Where does norbornane come from?
Etymology tree Latin norma Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin nōrmālisder. English normal English nor- English bornane English norbornane From nor- + bornane.

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