Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.15 in modern English

Syllables: poly-cyclic aro-mat-ic hy-dro-car-bon
IPA

58

Scrabble Score

29

Letters

7

Syllables

14

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a class of organic compounds composed of multiple aromatic rings, many of which are found in coal and in oil deposits, and are produced by the combustion of organic matter.

Inflected Forms

polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (plural)

Synonyms

PAH polyaromatic hydrocarbon

Questions

What does polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon mean?: Any of a class of organic compounds composed of multiple aromatic rings, many of which are found in coal and in oil deposits, and are produced by the combustion of organic matter.

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