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triphenylene

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
triph-eny-lene
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A flat polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, isolated from coal tar, consisting of four fused benzene rings.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From tri- + phenylene.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

triphenylenes (plural)

Synonyms

isochrysene

Questions

What does triphenylene mean?
A flat polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, isolated from coal tar, consisting of four fused benzene rings.
Where does triphenylene come from?
From tri- + phenylene.

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