Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

triphenylmethane

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: triph-enyl-methane
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The hydrocarbon with the chemical formula (C₆H₅)₃CH, a colourless solid soluble in nonpolar organic solvents but not in water.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From triphenyl + methane.

Usage

Inflected Forms

triphenylmethanes (plural)

Questions

What does triphenylmethane mean?: The hydrocarbon with the chemical formula (C₆H₅)₃CH, a colourless solid soluble in nonpolar organic solvents but not in water.
Where does triphenylmethane come from?: From triphenyl + methane.

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