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polybutylene terephthalate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.17 in modern English

Syllables
poly-butylene tereph-tha-late
IPA
43
Scrabble Score
25
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A plastic used industrially as an electrical insulator.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

polybutylene terephthalates (plural)

Derived Forms

PBT

Frequently Paired Words

butylene phthalate polybutylene terephthalate

Synonyms

PBT

Questions

What does polybutylene terephthalate mean?
A plastic used industrially as an electrical insulator.

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