Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thiophthene

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: thio-ph-thene
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A double thiophene nucleus, C₆H₄S₂, analogous to thionaphthene, and the base of a large series of compounds.

Etymology

Abbreviation of thionaphthene.

Inflected Forms

thiophthenes (plural) thiophtene (alternative)

Questions

What does thiophthene mean?: A double thiophene nucleus, C₆H₄S₂, analogous to thionaphthene, and the base of a large series of compounds.
Where does thiophthene come from?: Abbreviation of thionaphthene.

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