Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

reducing sugar

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.19 in modern English

Syllables: re-duc-ing -sug-ar
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any sugar that has a potential aldehyde or ketone functional group and thus reacts as a reducing agent.

Inflected Forms

reducing sugars (plural)

Phrases

Benedict's reagent Fehling's solution

Frequently Paired Words

Benedict's reagent Fehling's solution

Questions

What does reducing sugar mean?: Any sugar that has a potential aldehyde or ketone functional group and thus reacts as a reducing agent.

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