Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

singlet oxygen

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.66 in modern English

Syllables: sin-glet oxy-gen
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A metastable state of molecular oxygen that has a slightly higher energy than normal triplet oxygen and is more chemically reactive.

Inflected Forms

singlet oxygens (plural)

Derived Forms

SO

Phrases

discharge singlet-oxygen generator singlet-oxygen generator

Synonyms

SO

Questions

What does singlet oxygen mean?: A metastable state of molecular oxygen that has a slightly higher energy than normal triplet oxygen and is more chemically reactive.

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