Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

polysiloxane

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.22 in modern English

Syllables: polysilox-ane
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of many polymers having a siloxane repeat unit

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English siloxane English polysiloxane From poly- + siloxane.

Inflected Forms

polysiloxanes (plural)

Phrases

dimethyl polysiloxane

Synonyms

silicone

Questions

What does polysiloxane mean?: Any of many polymers having a siloxane repeat unit
Where does polysiloxane come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English siloxane English polysiloxane From poly- + siloxane.

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