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potassium iodide

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.55 in modern English

Syllables
potas-si-um io-dide
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A salt, KI, formally derived from potassium hydroxide and hydriodic acid, used as an analytical reagent, in organic synthesis, and in the preparation of photosensitive emulsions and as a radioprotector to protect the thyroid.

Inflected Forms

potassium iodides (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

potassium chloride

Questions

What does potassium iodide mean?
A salt, KI, formally derived from potassium hydroxide and hydriodic acid, used as an analytical reagent, in organic synthesis, and in the preparation of photosensitive emulsions and as a radioprotector to protect the thyroid.

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