Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

phenylenediamine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.41 in modern English

Syllables: phenylene-di-amine
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the three isomeric di-amino-benzenes, used as intermediates in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals, plastics etc.

Inflected Forms

phenylenediamines (plural)

Derived Forms

paraphenylenediamine

Questions

What does phenylenediamine mean?: Any of the three isomeric di-amino-benzenes, used as intermediates in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals, plastics etc.

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