Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

polypropylene glycol

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.47 in modern English

Syllables: polypropy-lene g-ly-col
IPA

37

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A polymer of propylene glycol.

Etymology

From polypropylene + glycol. From poly-+propylene. From propyl+-ene. From prop(ane)+-yl.

Inflected Forms

polypropylene glycols (plural)

Derived Forms

PPG

Phrases

ethylene glycol polyethylene glycol polypropylene oxide propylene glycol propylene oxide

Frequently Paired Words

ethylene glycol glycol polyethylene glycol polypropylene polypropylene oxide propyl propylene propylene glycol

Synonyms

PPG

Questions

What does polypropylene glycol mean?: A polymer of propylene glycol.
Where does polypropylene glycol come from?: From polypropylene + glycol. From poly-+propylene. From propyl+-ene. From prop(ane)+-yl.

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