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pristane

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pris-tane
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A natural saturated terpenoid alkane, 2,6,10,14-tetramethylpentadecane, used as a lubricant, an anticorrosion agent, and in medical research

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Latin pristis (“shark”) (as it is obtained primarily from shark liver oil) + -ane.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

pristanes (plural)

Derived Forms

norpristane pristanic

Questions

What does pristane mean?
A natural saturated terpenoid alkane, 2,6,10,14-tetramethylpentadecane, used as a lubricant, an anticorrosion agent, and in medical research
Where does pristane come from?
From Latin pristis (“shark”) (as it is obtained primarily from shark liver oil) + -ane.

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