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siloxane

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.62 in modern English

Syllables
silox-ane
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a class of compound having a short repeating unit of silicon and oxygen atoms (either in a chain or a ring), typically with organic side chains

Etymology

from silicon + oxygen + alkane

Inflected Forms

siloxanes (plural)

Derived Forms

cyclosiloxane dimethylsiloxane disiloxane heterosiloxane hexasiloxane methylpolysiloxane methylsiloxane octasiloxane oligosiloxane organosiloxane pentasiloxane polydimethylsiloxane

Questions

What does siloxane mean?
Any of a class of compound having a short repeating unit of silicon and oxygen atoms (either in a chain or a ring), typically with organic side chains
Where does siloxane come from?
from silicon + oxygen + alkane

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