Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sol-gel

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.46 in modern English

Syllables: sol-gel
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A solid material produced by conversion of monomers into a colloidal solution (sol) that acts as the precursor for an integrated network (or gel) of either discrete particles or network polymers.

Inflected Forms

sol-gels (plural) solgel (alternative)

Questions

What does sol-gel mean?: A solid material produced by conversion of monomers into a colloidal solution (sol) that acts as the precursor for an integrated network (or gel) of either discrete particles or network polymers.

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