Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

papyroxylin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pa-py-rox-ylin
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of gun-paper.

Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Gun-paper, or papyroxyline, is paper which has been immersed for a few seconds in a mixture of nitric and sulphuric acids, and then washed in an abundance of water."

Etymology

From papyro- (“papyrus, paper”) + xylo- (“wood, wood pulp”) + -in (“forming substances made from living things”), after the model of earlier pyroxylin.

Usage

Inflected Forms

papyroxyline (alternative)

Synonyms

gun-paper

Questions

What does papyroxylin mean?: Synonym of gun-paper.
Where does papyroxylin come from?: From papyro- (“papyrus, paper”) + xylo- (“wood, wood pulp”) + -in (“forming substances made from living things”), after the model of earlier pyroxylin.

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