Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rotaxane

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ro-tax-ane
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A complex of two molecules, one ring-shaped and the other dumbbell-shaped, with the dumbbell threaded through the ring and having end groups too large to pass through the ring.

Inflected Forms

rotaxanes (plural)

Derived Forms

oligorotaxane polyrotaxane pseudorotaxane

Questions

What does rotaxane mean?: A complex of two molecules, one ring-shaped and the other dumbbell-shaped, with the dumbbell threaded through the ring and having end groups too large to pass through the ring.

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