Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

olefination

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ole-fi-na-tion
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any reaction that yields an olefin

Etymology

Etymology tree English olefin Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English olefination From olefin + -ation.

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Phrases

Julia olefination Peterson olefination Wittig olefination

Questions

What does olefination mean?
Any reaction that yields an olefin
Where does olefination come from?
Etymology tree English olefin Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English olefination From olefin + -ation.

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