Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oxetane

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ox-e-tane
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a class of heterocyclic compounds having a four-membered ring containing 3 carbon atoms and 1 oxygen atom; the parent compound C₃H₆O.

Inflected Forms

oxetanes (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

epoxide

Questions

What does oxetane mean?: Any of a class of heterocyclic compounds having a four-membered ring containing 3 carbon atoms and 1 oxygen atom; the parent compound C₃H₆O.

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