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phenylene

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.37 in modern English

Syllables
pheny-lene
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of three isomeric divalent aromatic radicals derived from benzene by removing two hydrogen atoms from the ortho-, meta- or para- positions.

Inflected Forms

phenylenes (plural)

Derived Forms

cycloparaphenylene oligophenylene orthophenylene paraphenylene phenylenediamine phenylenedicarbene phenylenevinylene polyphenylene tetraphenylene triphenylene

Phrases

phenylene blue phenylene brown poly(p-phenylene vinylene)

Questions

What does phenylene mean?
Any of three isomeric divalent aromatic radicals derived from benzene by removing two hydrogen atoms from the ortho-, meta- or para- positions.

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