Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tetrachloroethane

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tetra-chloroethane
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Either of two isomeric chemical compounds: 1,1,1,2-Tetrachloroethane (used as a solvent and in varnishes) and 1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane (used as a solvent and refrigerant)

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

tetrachloroethanes (plural)

Questions

What does tetrachloroethane mean?: Either of two isomeric chemical compounds: 1,1,1,2-Tetrachloroethane (used as a solvent and in varnishes) and 1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane (used as a solvent and refrigerant)

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