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pentacene

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.14 in modern English

Syllables
pen-tacene
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon; the acene containing five fused rings.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe Proto-Hellenic *pénkʷe Ancient Greek πέντε (pénte) Ancient Greek πεντᾰ- (pentă-)lbor. English penta- French anthracènebor. English anthraceneclip. English acene English pentacene From penta- + acene.

Usage

Inflected Forms

pentacenes (plural)

Derived Forms

bipentacene dibenzpentacene perfluoropentacene

Questions

What does pentacene mean?
A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon; the acene containing five fused rings.
Where does pentacene come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe Proto-Hellenic *pénkʷe Ancient Greek πέντε (pénte) Ancient Greek πεντᾰ- (pentă-)lbor. English penta- French anthracènebor. English anthraceneclip. English acene English pentacene From penta- + acene.

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