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propylene glycol

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.41 in modern English

Syllables
propy-lene g-ly-col
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

α-propyleneglycol, 1,2-propanediol, CH₃CH(OH)CH₂OH, a thick oily liquid, used as an antifreeze and in many industrial applications

Uncountable

noun

propandiol, any propane chain with two alcohol functional groups attached

Countable

Usage

Inflected Forms

propylene glycols (plural)

Derived Forms

PG

Phrases

-propyleneglycol α-propyleneglycol β-propyleneglycol propyl- -ene

Frequently Paired Words

propyleneglycol propylene propyl- -ene glycol ethylene glycol dipropylene glycol

Synonyms

E1520 PG 1,2-propanediol / 1,2-propandiol propane-1,2-diol / propan-1,2-diol CH3CH(OH)CH2OH propandiol propanediol C3H6(OH)2

Questions

What does propylene glycol mean?
α-propyleneglycol, 1,2-propanediol, CH₃CH(OH)CH₂OH, a thick oily liquid, used as an antifreeze and in many industrial applications

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